HICKEY, Daniel
| Service Number: | 6976 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1917, 1.5 years Home Service |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Wexford, Ireland, November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 8 September 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6976, Tunnelling Companies, 1.5 years Home Service | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 6976, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 6976, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 13 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6976, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed | |
| 29 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6976, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD |
D. Hickey
Daniel Hickey was born in Farmley, Marshalstown, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford on 22 August 1889 to Laurence Hickey and Mary Bowe. He was one of 14 siblings. His brother Jim was born on 30 March 1879 and died 1940.Jim served in the US Navy in WW1.
Daniel is buried in Nine Mile Cemetery, Port Morseby, PNG.
Submitted 29 December 2021 by Rebecca King
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Pati Riki Snr
6976 Sapper (Private) Daniel HICKEY
Born 1888 at Wexford, Ireland.
Occupation: Cook. Enlisted at Paddington on 16 October 1916. Attached to Tunnellers in Engineering Corps. Embarked for England on 11 May 1917 then embarked for France on 9 September 1917. Wounded by gassing on 13 March 1918 and evacuated to England. Returned to France on 18 August 1918 and rejoined 1st Tunnelling Company.
Sapper Hickey returned to Australia on 12 July 1919 and was discharged from the Army on 29 August 1919. His Probate Notice states that he was working as a cook in Port Moresby when he died on 30 October 1951. Nothing else known at this time.
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