HICKEY, Benjamin James
Service Number: | 5852 |
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Enlisted: | 21 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cook |
Died: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5852, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5852, Wound to the left hand | |
13 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Artillery Details , At Sutton Veny | |
14 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field | |
9 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field | |
25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5852, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Son of Robert Hickey and Amelia Hickey of Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of Elizabeth G. Hickey nee Stobans of 'Koroleigh', Tongala, Victoria formerly of High Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. Benjamin and Elizabeth married during 1914 in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 2 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal