Vincent Patrick WICKS

Vincent Patrick Wicks Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Drayton
Resided
Westbrook
Occupation
Porter
Enlisted
17-September-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
25
Status
Single
Service No
4226
Rank
Private
Unit
26th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
Embarked
28-March-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
Lance Corporal
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
Returned to Australia
February 1917
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Railway Honour Board.

Brother of 1795 Private Thomas Edwin Wicks.

 

Vincent Wicks arrived in France in July 1916. In November he was severely wounded in action at Flers and invalided to Birmingham’s 1st Southern General Hospital. In February 1917 he was invalided to Australia and discharged in May.