HICKEY, Herbert James
| Service Number: | 68 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, Enlisted at Deniliquin,NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Deniliquin Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 23 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Spelcial Memorial,Row B, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deniliquin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 68, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Deniliquin,NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 68, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 68, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of J. and Margaret Hickey of End Street, Denilquin, NSW. Margaret was later known as Margaret Ham Lung
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Herbert James (Jimmy) Hickey mother's name was Mrs Margaret Ham Lung formerly Margaret Hickey who was also the mother of 3925 Private George Sheck (Ah Sheck on Deniliquin War Memorial) who was KIA with the 22nd Battalion 5 August 1916.
Jerilderie Herald 17 September 1915.
Letters from the Front. THE DEADLY SNIPER.
Writing from Heliopolis, Private Jas. Hackett, a Deniliquin soldier, says: — ''We arrived in this forsaken country— for it is the last place for any man to be. Just imagine it, everywhere one looks is a sandy desert. Our little island is worth twenty countries like this. I suppose you know Jimmy Hickey is dead, but I guess there are not too many over your side who know how he died. They were fighting in a trench and Turkish snipers were all around them, and one of these 'gentlemen' caused them a devil of a lot of trouble. It fell to Jimmy's luck to see him, but he could not get at him from his pop hole, so he got up a bit to get a shot, and as soon as he did, he drew the fire of other snipers. His pals were calling to him to come down, but he said, ''I will got this —— , or he will get me.'' No sooner were the words out of his mouth than he got it through the forehead. That is how one of the 'Denny' boys died.''
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