This memorial is delayed from the centennial date of his death.
Son of Peter James and Eliza Jane Hicks (nee Dunbar), Frederick Gorman Hicks was born on 26 June 1887 in Manotick.
He married Laura Ellement in June 1911. They had two daughters and two sons.
He enlisted in October 1918 serving as a corporal with the Canadian Army Service Corps, service number: 1282070. After receiving a medical discharge in July 1920 he briefly returned to his previous occupation as a chauffer in Ottawa.
Frederick died of tuberculosis, age 33, on 21 January 1921 at the Mowat Sanitarium at Portsmouth, Ontario.
His grave at Beechwood Cemetery is Sec. 29. Lot 13. Grave 25.
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For those interested, a more detailed biography of Cpl Fred Hicks is included in the Rideau Township Historical Society's book Rideau Remembers: North Gower & Marlborough Townships' Sacrifice in the Great War, 1914-1918 (2018),pages 68-69. His brother Peter Allan Hicks is also featured in the book, pages 70-73; he died of war related causes in 1919.
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