Herbert Hugh HICKEY

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Service Number:	5854
Enlisted:	16 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lake Charm, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 May 1918
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V111, Row D, Grave 16. Headstone inscription reads: Thy will be done, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lake Charm Memorial Gates, Lake Charm State School No 2122 Roll of Honor, Swan Hill War Memorial

16 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5854, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5854, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5854, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
24 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From Training Battalion
19 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 5854, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5854 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-19

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Son of Frederick William Hickey and Janet Hickey nee Turner of Rathdown Street, Carlton North, Victoria

Husband of Mary Hickey nee Leight of the same address as his parents. Herbert and Mary married during 1916c in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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