Edward James HICKEY

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Service Number:	1654
Enlisted:	18 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lorry Driver
Died:	War related illness, Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 4 November 1952
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
Memorials:

18 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
26 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
1 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third occasion. Shell wound to the left arm. Transferred to England on 4 October 1918
21 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Daniel Hickey and Mary Hickey nee King of Benalla, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Joyce Julia Hickey nee Gilmore. Edward and Joyce married during 1925c In Victoria