Sidney Allingham HICKEY

HICKEY, Sidney Allingham

    Service Number: 6401
    Enlisted: 1 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Oatley, Hurstville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cheese Maker
    Died: New South Wales, Australia , 26 April 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Roman Catholic area, Row 29c, Grave 1133. Interred on 28 April 1959 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    9 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 6401, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    9 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 6401, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    28 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 3rd Battalion
    23 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Wound to the left thigh
    12 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Woronora Street, Oatley, NSW

    Son of James C. Hickey and Annie Hickey of Bennett Street, Moore Park, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 13 July 1919n at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Sidney married Mary A. O'Brien in Sydney, NSW

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