William Arthur HICKEY

Badge Number: 13056
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HICKEY, William Arthur

Service Number: 2679
Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Rosewater, South Australia, 21 May 1886
Home Town: Eastwood, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Plumber
Died: Keswick, South Australia, 4 November 1922, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site No: 7
Memorials: Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2679, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2679, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2679, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
28 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion, From 27th Battalion
8 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion
14 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2679, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Corporal, 2679, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Hickey and Sarah Elizabeth Hickey nee Lane of Rosewater, SA

Husband of Doris Annie Hickey nee Gardner of John Street, Eastwood, SA. William and Doris married on 9 October 1915 in the Methodist Church, Parkside, SA

Returned to Australia on 7 September 1917 aboard HT Kanowna

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal