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Lieutenant William John Hicks
17th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment
(Formerly Sergeant 477403)
Born in 1888 at St Peter Port, Guernsey. The son of
William & Ellen Hicks.
Enlisted 25/08/1915, at Halifax, after previous service.
Wounded at Ypres on 4/04/1916 by a smoke bomb. Shell
shock and burns to his hands and face. Initially treated
at no.1 Canadian Hospital at Etaples and then at several
English hospitals.
He died in 1937
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