John HICKEY

HICKEY, John

    Service Numbers: 3041, 2938
    Enlisted: 28 April 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1892
    Home Town: Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW
    19 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2938, 1st Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
    19 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2938, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    4 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3041, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide
    4 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3041, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
    14 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    26 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 10th Light Horse Regiment
    25 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3041, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Hickey of Walgett, NSW

    Originally embarked HMAT Mooltan with service number 2938 but had to disembark at Fremantle due to illness. Later re-embarked with a re allocated service number of 3041

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 17 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    In 1954 he applied to join the Berrigan RSL Sub Branch

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