Frank Joseph HICKIE MM

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Service Number:	5655
Enlisted:	22 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plantation Manager
Memorials:

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5655, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5655, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5655, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
23 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion
23 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion
9 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads. This N.C.O. did excellent work during the whole of the operations in front of Reincourt on 3rd May. During the whole of the engagement he led his men in a most gallant style. On the men becoming disorganised he reorganised them, excercising great control, and setting a splendid example by his action, coolness and courage London Gazette on 9 July 1917, page 6838, position 71 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 November 1917, page 2936, position 84
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5655, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Bateman's Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Son of James Bennett Hickie and Gertrude Rebecca Hickie nee Bennett of St. Kilda, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother William Thomas Hickie of Colonial Sugar Company, Broadwater, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 12 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1926 his residential address was 'Coyonaro', Isabel via Tulagi, Solomon Islands