Walter Frederick HICKEY

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HICKEY, Walter Frederick

Service Number:	3799
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1897
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1954, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section M.2, Row 18, Grave 2965. Interred on 28 January 1954
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World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
26 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
19 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 23 March 1918
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Invalided to England on 14 August 1918 shell wound to the right arm
10 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to the shell wound to the right arm

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address given at the time of enlistment was Moreland Street, Hurstville, NSW. He was three years younger than stated at the time of enlistment

Son of Walter Frederick Hickey and Josephine Hickey of Cathedral Street, Woolloomooloo, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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