Reginald James Thomas HICKEY

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HICKEY, Reginald James Thomas

Service Numbers:	462, 1402
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Issued with the service number 1402 when taken on strength to the 15th Battalion
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Inglewood, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubber Worker
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 12 October 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area, Row S, Grave 1147. Interred on 14 October 1941
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 462, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Issued with the service number 1402 when taken on strength to the 15th Battalion
19 Dec 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
21 Dec 1914:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 462, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 462, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 1402, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 1402, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
15 Oct 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1402, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Full name was Reginald James Thomas Hickey but served as Reginald James Hickey

Son of Thomas Hickey and Catherine Hickey nee Slven of Pickles Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Lillian Josephine Hickey nee Archer of Ehelda Police Station, Inglewood, Victoria. Reginald and Lilian married during 1913c in Victoria. Father of Frances Kathleen Hickey and Arthur Thomas Hickey

Commenced return To Australia on 4 May 1915 aboaard HT Ceramic disembarking on 25 May 1915

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

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