Frank HICKEY

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Service Number:	3140
Enlisted:	28 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Burbanks, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mosman Park, Western Australia, 31 October 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Section OA, Grave 0125
Memorials:

28 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
18 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3140, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
18 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3140, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
2 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Severe wound to the both shoulders and back. Embarked for England and 30 September 1916 aboard HS St. David
2 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3140, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Thomas Henry Hickey and Eliza Mary Hickey nee Miles of Wellington Street, Cottesloe Beach, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Militides disembarking on 24 June 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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