Charles John HICKEY

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Service Number:	1668
Enlisted:	26 September 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Wongan Hills, Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Survey Hand
Memorials:

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion
31 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion, Slight wound to the left hand. Invalided to England aboard HS Ascanius
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the eye. Embarked HS Dieppe for England on 9 August 1916
15 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1668, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to loss of an eye

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Son of Charles Hickey and Mary Margaret Hickey nee Keating of Wongan Hills, WA formerly of St. Kilda, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 28 August 1919 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 15 October 1919

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