HICKEY, Edward
| Service Number: | 825 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Waitche, Victoria, Australia, 30 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Waitchie, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Forster, New South Wales, Australia, 25 July 1977, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 825, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 825, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 825, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Division Artillery , At Heliopolis | |
| 6 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field | |
| 6 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 825, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Hickey and Winifred Hickey nee Forrester of Waitche, Victoria. Brother of Patrick Hickey who was killed in action on 15 October 1915 and is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC, Turkey. Plot 1, Row E, Grave 8
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarked on 20 February 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Eva Elizabeth Hickey nee Scarce. Edward and Eva married in Victoria during 1924c
Other Details:- Left school at twelve and worked as a drover, station hand and skilled bush carpenter. Spent some time with the Aboriginals living in the bush prior to the War. Married Eva Scarce and had four children