William James HICKEY

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Service Number:	1774
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eugowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Joondanna, Western Australia, 4 March 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated and ashes were scattered over a garden in Karrakatta Cemetery
Memorials:

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1774, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1774, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1774, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
6 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1774, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Fremantle, WA as medically unfit for active service following and epilepsy attack on board transport ship

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Son of Maurice Hickey and Catherine Hickey of Norton Street, Ashfield, NSW

On reaching Fremantle he was transferred to the Garrison Hospital suffering from epilepsy

Not eligible for medals