HICKEY, Gordon Stuart
Service Numbers: | 122, 4797 |
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Enlisted: | 12 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1894 |
Home Town: | Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
Died: | St. Leonard, New South Wales, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
12 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 122, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 122, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 122, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 122, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharged at Sydney, NSW | |
5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4797, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4797, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4797, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion | |
19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4797, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4797, 54th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Slight wound to the thigh | |
20 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 54th Battalion | |
29 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4797, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Stuart Hickey and Mary Ann Hickey of Lane Cove Road, Pymble, NSW
Served a three year apprenticeship with Ackaland & Platt of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW
During July 1916 while serving with the 54th Battalion he was recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal but it wasn't awarded
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 9 April 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal