John David HICKEY

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Service Number:	851
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geeveston, Tasmania, 27 December 1893
Home Town:	Geeveston, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tasmania, 29 November 1930, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St. Joseph's Catholic Church & Cemetery, Geeveston, Tasmania
Memorials:

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
26 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 40th Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right arm. Invalided to England on 1 October 1918.
8 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 851, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of Lawrence Hickey and Mary Ann Hickey nee Dwyer of Geeveston, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard SS Khyber disembarking on 10 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband on Mary Elizabeth Hickey nee Reid of Geeveston, Tasmania. John and marry married in Geeveston on 19 December 1923