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HICKEY, Robert Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 19568 , 19568 |
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Enlisted: | 4 January 1932, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Richmond, Victoria, 8 August 1914 |
Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Naval serviceman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea), Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
4 Jan 1932: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 19568 , Melbourne, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
4 Jan 1932: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 19568 | |
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20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 19568, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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