Benjamin James HICKEY

HICKEY, Benjamin James

    Service Number: 5852
    Enlisted: 21 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cook
    Died: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5852, Wound to the left hand
    13 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Artillery Details , At Sutton Veny
    14 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
    9 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
    25 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5852, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert Hickey and Amelia Hickey of Melbourne, Victoria

    Husband of Elizabeth G. Hickey nee Stobans of 'Koroleigh', Tongala, Victoria formerly of High Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. Benjamin and Elizabeth married during 1914 in Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 2 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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