Charles William Hicks was 21 when he embarked from Melbourne on board A39 Port Macquarie on June 15, 1915. he lived in Mitchell street, Northcote with his mother.he was a sub-lieutenant in the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, finishing as a Captain in the 1st Division Artillery.
During combat in October 1918 Hicks was Mentioned in Dispatches.
During the Second World War, Hicks reenlisted, serving first as a Captain at HQ in Adelaide before transferring to a Mechanisation Division in Melbourne. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel he was assigned to the Australian Military Mission in Washington.
The AIF Project - Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918. Retrieved from