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.
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. 
