12. Son – Hamilton Herbert Hicks – Murwillumbah

Hamilton (Hambleton) Herbert Hicks, b. 24-12-1859 in Wollongong.  He married Eliza Jane Withers, married 18-05-1885 in Lismore (NSW BDM 7094/1885) – died 1941.

1. Mabel Hicks, b. 1886. in Lismore d. 1933 Queensland – m. 1906 William Hugh T. Cusack (1881-1933)
   1. Walter Henry Cusack (1910-1978) m 1932 Lismore Elsie M Armfield
   2. Unnamed  Male Cusack (1912-1912)
   3. Doris May Cusack (1915 – 1958) m.1935  Murwillumbah John Leslie
2. Leslie Hicks, b. 1888. in Lismore married 1919 Edith Anne May Gamble Murwillumbah – died 1954 Tweed Heads ? – served in WW1 (S/N 6979 – 15th Battalion – France)
3. Alice Hicks, b. 1890. in Lismore d. 9.7.1948 Murwillumbah – m 1918 Andrew Maund  Allen (1878 – 1950) in Murwillumbah ?
   1. Private
   2. Private
   3. Raymond Lance Allan (1917 – 1966)
   4. Elizabeth Allan  (1919 – 2010)
   5. Olga Marion Amy Allan (1921 – 1969)
   6. Thomas Andrew Allan (1923 – )
   7. Edith Mary Allan (1925 – 1969)
   8. Lindsay H Allan (1929 – )
4. Irene Hicks, b. 1892. in Lismore died 1948 in Kyogle – married 1914 Frederick A  Rogers (1892-1948) – NSW BDM 17220/1914 – St Mary Magdalenes Church Coraki
   1. William Andrew “Fred” Rogers (1915 Coraki – 25.9. 1987 Kyogle) – WWII
   2. Thomas Leslie Rogers (1917 – )
   3. Herbert Charles “Bert” Rogers (1919 – 1942) – killed at Buna in New Guinea on 24.11.1942 (2/2nd Battalion) – part of the Owen Stanleys – Kokoda Campaigns
   4. Minnie Iris “Iris” Rogers (22.7.1921 Coraki -10.1.2003 Kyogle) m. 1940  Kyogle  John Lawrence Graham Bowman (1911-1992)
   5. Robert James Rogers (1923- )
   6. John Hamilton Rogers (1925 – ) – Navy
   7. Sylvia Elizabeth “Tibby” Rogers (1927 – )
   8. Irene Nancy Rogers  (1929 – )
   9. Eva Dorothy Rogers (1932 – ) twin
   10. Jessie May Rogers (1932 – ) twin
   11. George Arthur Rogers (1935 – )
5. Thomas Henry Hicks, b. 1895. in Lismore d. 7.7.1976 Brisbane – served in WW1 – married 1923  Rose Gertrude Gaughan (1890-1972)
   1. Private
   2. Private
   3. Private
   4. Basil James Hicks (1928-1997)
   5. Brendan Gerard Hicks (1928 – 1990)
   6. Laurence Hicks (1935 – 2006)
6. Doris Hicks, b. 1897. in Lismore
7. Margaret Hicks, b. 1899. in Murwillumbah d. 13.9.1976 Murwillumbah m. 1917 Murwillumbah Walter R Hardy (1897 – 1958) ??
8. Minnie M Hicks, b. 1902. in Murwillumbah d. 1956 – Murwillumbah –
   1.  1917 Murwillumbah Walter R Hardy (1897 – 1958) ??
9. Sylvia Hicks, b. 1904. in Murwillumbah  1924 married Robert “Bob” Holden – served WW1
10. Lyle (Leslie) Hicks b. 1912 in Bangalow -a grandson who was raised as their son by Hamilton and Eliza (refer NSW BDM 40749/1912) – died on 18.12.1942  during the advance to Buna New Guinea (2/9th Battalion) – part of the Owen Stanleys – Kokoda Campaigns

Funeral of Eliza Jane Hicks

HICKS, Mrs. Eliza Jane, Glenmere Road. Paddington.— The Relatives and Friends of Mr. Hamilton Herbert Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hicks (Murwillumbah), Mr. and Mrs. T. Allen(Terragon), Mr. and Mrs. F. Rogers (Kyogle), Corporal and Mrs. Hicks (Paddington), Mr.and Mrs. G. Bastin (Morningside), Mr. andMrs. J. Bastin (Paddington), Mrs. R. Holden(Annerley), and Private L. Hicks (A.I.F.,Abroad), are invited to attend the Funeral oftheir beloved Wife, Mother, and Mother-in-law, Eliza Jane Hicks, to leave the Parlour,400 Wickham street To-morrow (Monday), at11 a.m., for Toowong Cemetery. GUARDIAN