Joseph Henry HESKEY

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Service Number:	3254
Enlisted:	13 March 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hanley, Staffordshire, England, 5 August 1892
Home Town:	Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Collar Maker
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3254, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 3254, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 3254, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
6 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3254, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective eyesight

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mr Jackson of King Road, Adamstown, NSW

Son of Joseph Heskey and Elizabeth Hannah Heskey nee Arnold of Victor Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking on 26 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Grace Dorothy Heskey nee Saunders of NSW. Joseph and Grace married on 26 April 1924 in Liverpool, NSW