Alfred HICKEY

HICKEY, Alfred

    Service Number: 903
    Enlisted: 7 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 61st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Oxford, England, 1880
    Home Town: Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bricklayer
    Died: New South Wales, Australia , 2 May 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 903, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 903, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 903, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 903, 30th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm. Transferred to England on 22 July 1916 aboard HS St. Breydet from Boulonge
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 30th Battalion
    4 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    26 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion
    20 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 903, 61st Infantry Battalion , Second occasion. Gassed
    14 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 903, 61st Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Gertrude Gallant formerly Hickey of 'Claremont', Harbor Street, Manly North, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT  Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919

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

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