Frank HICKEY

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Service Numbers:	148, S3319
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 21 July 1887
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 22 June 1960, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic area AX, Row 16, Grave 6. Interred on the 26 June 1960
Memorials:

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 148, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 148, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 148, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
20 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
3 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 148, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and forearm
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company
2 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Machine Gun Company, In the field
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 148, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Wound to the thigh. Transferred to England aboard HS Royal Victoria
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 148
18 Dec 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
18 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
4 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

28 Jul 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, S3319
28 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Broken Hill, NSW
28 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S3319
19 Oct 1943:	Discharged
19 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S3319

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Son of Patrick Hickey and Mary Hickey nee Quinn of Barkley Street, Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Ludwig disembarking on 5 September 1919

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

During 1921c Frank married Pauline W. Mann in Broken Hill, NSW