John Morris HICKEY

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HICKEY, John Morris

Service Number:	3327
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Spring Hill, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Tuberculosis, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1928
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3327, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
17 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3327, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Matthew Hickey and Mary Josephine Hickey nee Lonergan of Spring Hill, QLD

Next of kin given as as his sister Katie Hickey of Boundary Street, Spring Hill, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 20 January 1916 from Suez aboard HT Karoola disembarking at Melbourne on 19 February 1916 for onward travel to Brisbane

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

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