Colin Joseph HICKEY

HICKEY, Colin Joseph

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
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World War 1 Service

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

World War 2 Service

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

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Biography 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