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HICKEY, Leonard Roy Patrick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3408 |
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Enlisted: | 16 February 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 16 April 1897 |
Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Military Instructor |
Died: | Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, September 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England area, Bolingbroke Lawn, Row AD, Grave 5. Interred on 13 September 1971 and held in perpetuity for all time |
Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3408, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 3408, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Sergeant, 3408, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney | |
7 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion | |
24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3408, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gastritis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Michael Hickey and Matilda Elizabeth Hickey nee O'Toole of Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 8 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 1 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1927c Leonard married Violet Veronica Walshe in Victoria