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HICKEY, Matthew James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6818 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 2 June 1940, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6818, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 6818, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 6818, Tunnelling Companies, RMS Omrah, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 8 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6818, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Gassed. | |
| 16 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6818, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Hickey and Beatrice Hickey nee Phenisher of Kilmore, Victoria
Next of kin given as his sister Margaret Hickey of Oxford Chambers, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Matthew married Annie Eileen Bowman in Victoria