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HICKINBOTHAM, Alan Robb
| Service Numbers: | 38150, S73158 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1917, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Moolap, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong High School, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | 2 July 1959, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Freeling WW2 Memorial, St Albans Concord Division O.S.T. No 8 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38150, Field Artillery Brigades, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38150, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38150, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , France | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38150, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38150, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , The Battle of Amiens | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38150, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 38150 | |
| 10 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 38150, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , RTA 28 February 1919 for discharge. |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Apr 1942: | Involvement Captain, S73158, 10th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 17 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Gawler, SA | |
| 17 Apr 1942: | Enlisted S73158 | |
| 28 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Alan Robb Hickinbotham was born at Geelong, son of David and Annie (nee Laurie), and spent his childhood on the family property at St. Albyns. An excellent student at school, he went from Geelong High School to Melbourne University.
His studies here were interrupted by the war, and he spent two years with the 108th Howitzer Battery in France in 1917-1918, before returning to complete a science degree with honours and a Bachelor of Education Degree.
Hickinbotham worked for several years as a teacher at Geelong Grammar School and Geelong College, the Bendigo School of Mines, Scots College (Sydney) and Haileybury College. He was science master a Longerenong Agricultural College from 1926, after which he accepted a position as Lecturer in Physical and Chemical Sciences at Roseworthy in 1929.
In 1948 Hickinbotham moved to the Government Chemistry Department. His interest in wine making led him to write a thesis on the subject, and in the 1950s he bought into a winery at Greenock. He also bought into a house construction business in partnership with his wife and eldest son, Alan, in 1954. He died in 1959.
Source: State Library SA