Patrick HICKEY

HICKEY, Patrick

Service Number: 2703
Enlisted: 5 August 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Australian Provost Corps
Born: Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2703, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2703, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2703, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
2 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2703, 56th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, At Windmill Hill, England
19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
17 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps , At Tidsworth, England
6 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2703, Australian Provost Corps , Discharged in London. Unit demobilised

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as a friend C. Gordon of Powell Street, South Yarra, Victoria

On discharge he stated that he proposed to live in New-Quay, Cornwall and that his trade was a Police Constable

On 4 January 1922 he returned with his wife and child aboard Demonthesis

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