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HICKEY, Harold Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1861 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Enlisted at Moree, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Telleraga Station, Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coonabarabran General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Moree, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 16 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 26 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 13 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1861, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Joseph Hickey and Amelia Claire Hickey of 'Telleraga Station', Moree, NSW
Brother of Charles Cox Hickey who returned to Australia on 22nd July 1919 having served with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and the 5th Divisional Column and Gordon Stanley Hickey who returned to Australia on 12th January 1920 having served with the 4th Motor Transport Company
Commenced return to Australia on 22nd May 1919 aboard HT Durham disembarking on the 22nd July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Harold married Annie Magadlena Slyney in Taree, NSW