Bernard HICKEY

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Service Number:	4615
Enlisted:	8 November 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	St. Thomas Catholic College, Clunes, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds while prisoner of war, France, 1 September 1916
Cemetery:	Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Peronne, Picardie, France Plot II, Row I, Grave No. I
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board

8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4615, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4615, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4615, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
31 Aug 1916:	Imprisoned Mouquet Farm, Wounded. Died at a German dressing station the next day 1 September 1916.

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Son of William Francis Hickey and Annie Agnes Hickey nee Barker of Witternoom Street, Boulder, WA formerly of Clunes, Victoria

Medals: British War Meda, Victory Medal