Harold Thomas HICKEY

HICKEY, Harold Thomas

Service Number: 1861
Enlisted: 28 September 1915, Enlisted at Moree, NSW
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born: Telleraga Station, Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Manager
Died: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Coonabarabran General Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Moree, NSW
20 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 1861, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
21 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Light Horse Regiment
16 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
26 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
13 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1861, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Joseph Hickey and Amelia Claire Hickey of 'Telleraga Station', Moree, NSW

Brother of Charles Cox Hickey who returned to Australia on 22nd July 1919 having served with the 1st Light Horse Regiment and the 5th Divisional Column and Gordon Stanley Hickey who returned to Australia on 12th January 1920 having served with the 4th Motor Transport Company

Commenced return to Australia on 22nd May 1919 aboard HT Durham disembarking on the 22nd July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Harold married Annie Magadlena Slyney in Taree, NSW

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