Edward Dennis HICKEY

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Service Numbers:	562 , 562
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironmoulder
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia Section M2, Row 16, Grave 993
Memorials:

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 562 , 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 562, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 562, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 562 , 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to arthritis and fibrosis

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Son of Edward Joseph Hickey and Mary Ann Hickey nee Wright of Bendigo, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Hannah Cadman of Cmden Street, Newtown, NSW

Served his six year apprenticeship with Robinson's of Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 11 April 1916 aboard HT Runic

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal