Frederick John Kinnard HICKEY DCM

HICKEY, Frederick John Kinnard

Service Number: 7929
Enlisted: 15 July 1915
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1894
Home Town: Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Tea blender
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World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7929, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
22 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 7929, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 7929, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne
22 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , In France
29 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
23 Oct 1916: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, While with the 6th Field artillery Brigade Signal Sub Section Citation reads:- For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During two successive nights he continually repaired telephone lines under very heavy fire. Later, when Group Headquarters received several direct hits from enemy shells, with great coolness and initiative he got the whole personnel away to safety, searching all the dugouts himself under hostile fire. He then transferred the telephone lines to an adjacent battery under heavy fire and maintained communication. He showed the greatest devotion to duty and fearlessness throughout London Gazette on 22 October 1917, page 10869, position 9 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1918, page 1126, position 48
14 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 7929, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Remained on duty with the Signal Sub Section of the 6th Field artillery Brigade
6 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
27 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Posted to Engineer Signal Reinforcements
11 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Transferred to England on 30 August 1918
6 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Detail Source Ancestry - Birth Registration Details
Name: Frederick John Kinnard Hickey
Gender: Male
Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date: Detail Source
Name: Frederick John Kinnard Hickey
Gender: Male
Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1894
Baptism Date: 1 Nov 1894
Baptism Place: St Stephens, Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Father: Frederick William Hickey
Mother: Eleanor Annie
Baptism Date: 1 Nov 1894
Baptism Place: St Stephens, Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Father: Frederick William Hickey
Mother:Frederick John Kinnard Hickey

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Cecilia Hickey nee Patten of Beaufort Road, Bromhill, Sheffield, England. Frederick and Cecilia on  8 July 1918 in the Parish Church, Sheffield, England. Vicar A.B. Burney officiated

In January 1919 Coates & Co.of Sheffield, England  offered to employ him as an Automatic Telephone Installer following his release from the AIF

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