Early Life
David Hicks was born in Adelaide, South Australia to Terry Hicks and Susan Hicks. His parents separated when he was ten years old and his father later remarried. He has a half sister.
Described by his father as "a typical boy who couldn't settle down" and by his former school principal as one of "the most troublesome kids", Hicks reportedly experimented with alcohol and drugs as a teenager and was expelled from Smithfield Plains High school in 1990 at age 14. Before turning 15, Hicks was given dispensation by his father from attending school. His former partner has claimed that Hicks then turned to criminal activity, including vehicle theft, allegedly in order to feed himself, although no adult criminal record was ever recorded for this.
Hicks moved between various jobs, including factory work and working at a series of outback cattle stations in the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia. He met Jodie Sparrow in Adelaide when he was 17 years old. Sparrow already had one child and Hicks raised her daughter as his own. Hicks and Sparrow had two children, daughter Bonnie and son Terry, before separating in 1996. He eventually lost contact with his two young children after Sparrow had an affair with another man and moved to another state. After their separation, Hicks moved to Japan to become a horse trainer.
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