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

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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