Francis HICKEY

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Service Number:	6387
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Enlisted at Warrnambool, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hexham, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Hexham, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 19 December 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic Compartment E, Row 21, Grave 7. Interred on the 23 December 1964
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6387, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warrnambool, Victoria
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6387, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6387, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
4 Jun 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Riencourt. Interned at Dulmen, Germany
2 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6387, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of David Hickey and Margaret Ellen Hickey nee Delaney of Hexham, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal