HICKEY, Colin Joseph
Service Numbers: | 3310, N99987 |
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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: |
World War 1 Service
23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3310, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
5 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N99987 | |
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22 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N99987 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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