Philip HICKEY

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Service Number:	6815
Enlisted:	1 June 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Motor Transport Company
Born:	Bansha, Ireland, 1891
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clockmaker
Died:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

1 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6815, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6815, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
25 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right thigh and left shoulder
8 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Motor Transport Company, From 17th Battalion. Appointed Driver when taken on strength
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6815, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District. Rank had been reduced to Private at his request

Son of Catherine Hickey of Ballycarron, Tipperary, Ireland

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Yipringa disembarking on 5 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Phillip married Violet I. Hedges in Granville, NSW

Address at the time of death was East Street, Granville, NSW