Cecil Hincks
| Sir Cecil Hincks | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Repatriation (South Australia) | |
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In office 17 April 1946 – 1 January 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Reginald Rudall |
| Succeeded by | Percy Quirke |
| Constituency | Yorke Peninsula |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Cecil Stephen Hincks 18 February 1894 Maitland, South Australia |
| Died | 1 January 1963 (aged 68) Daw Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal and Country League |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys Lottie Merritt (1918–1920) Edith May Staples (1935–1963) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1920, 1940–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | 10th Battalion |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Lagnicourt (1917) |
Sir Cecil Stephen Hincks (18 February 1894 – 1 January 1963), Australian politician, was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly who was Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Repatriation in Thomas Playford's government.
Cecil Hincks was born on 18 February 1894, in the township of Maitland, South Australia, the son of miller Henry Stephen Hincks and his wife Emily Frances Picton (née Parkins). He was educated at Port Victoria Public School and the Collegiate School of St Peter, and followed his father into the flour milling trade after completion of his schooling, while training with the cadets and citizens' force. In 1914, he was considered to try out for the Port Adelaide Football Club, but his trial was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I.
At the outbreak of the war, the Hincks family was living in the town of Gawler, 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Adelaide. Hincks travelled to Morphettville, where he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28 August 1914 and was assigned to the South Australian 10th Battalion's 'G' Company as a Lance Corporal.
Hincks served with the 10th Battalion in the Gallipoli Campaign, coming ashore at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 ahead of the main landing of Australian forces. On 28 April, Hincks was promoted to Corporal, and on 4 August to Sergeant. In September 1915, Hincks was evacuated to Mudros after he was found to be suffering from influenza and an intestinal disease. In October he was admitted to hospital in Cardiff, and nearly a year later he was discharged from hospital in Salisbury and returned to rejoin his unit at the Western Front on 23 August 1916.
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