Claim: Cedric Stanton Hicks, who worked as the chair of physiology and pharmacology at the University of Adelaid, also founded the Australian Army Catering Corps during World War II.
Evidence: In January 1927 he was appointed to a new chair of physiology and pharmacology at the University, a post he held until 1957. He took up a fellowship and lectureship at the University of Adelaide in 1926. During World War II Hicks founded the Australian Army Catering Corps and served as its commander from 1943.