Colin Joseph HICKEY

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Service Numbers:	3310, N99987
Enlisted:	23 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1892
Home Town:	Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Mudge, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1950, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

23 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3310, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
8 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 53rd Battalion
1 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61st Infantry Battalion
2 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
26 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3310, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

5 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N99987
22 Jun 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N99987

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Son of William Hickey and Sarah Hickey of Rawson Street, Haberfield, NSW formerly of Mudgee, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 24 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Colin married Annie E. Grace in Burwood, NSW

WW2 Medals: War Medal, Australian Service Medal