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Frank Hicks

In memory of:

Rifleman Frank Hicks

February 28, 1944
Camp Niigata-Rinko 5B, Osaka, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

A/23006

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945, Pacific Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star.

Additional Information

Born:

February 18, 1922
Kingsville, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 6, 1941
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Charles Hicks and Muriel Faye Brimner, of Kingsville, Ontario.

His full name at birth was Francis Murray Hicks. On a form dated 29 March 1945, his father declared that his son was born in 1923.

Commemorated on Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Cdn. Sec. A. C. 6.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Attestation paper

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    Attestation paper
    Attestation paper
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping of the death of Rifleman Francis Hicks, son of Charles and Faye Hicks of Kingsville, Ontario

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping of the death of Rifleman Francis Hicks, son of Charles and Faye Hicks of Kingsville, Ontario
  • Grave marker– Photo taken on trip to Yokohama British War Cemetery, Japan by Lyle Van Clief November 1990 of the grave of Frank Hicks who died in the Japanese POW camp where he was sent after the fall of Hong Kong.

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    Grave marker – Photo taken on trip to Yokohama British War Cemetery, Japan by Lyle Van Clief November 1990 of the grave of Frank Hicks who died in the Japanese POW camp where he was sent after the fall of Hong Kong.
  • Photo of Frank Hicks– In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of Frank Hicks
    Photo of Frank Hicks – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.

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