Edward HICKEY

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Service Number:	14808
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14808, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 14808, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 14808, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
6 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance, From Army Medical Corps
13 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Field Ambulance
10 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14808, 25th Infantry Battalion, Gas poisoning
19 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14808, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Hickey of Buninyong, Victoria

Husband of Lucy V. Hicky of Peel Street, Ballarat East, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal