Place of Birth: Sale, VIC
Age: 19 years 10 months
Enlistment Details: Friday, 16 February 1917 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3408 view online service record
Address:
126 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Matilda Hickey (mother)
126 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 16 July 1917
Ship: HMAT Port Melbourne A16
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion - 9th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Monday, 9 December…
Place of Birth: Fitzroy, VIC
Age: 20 years 9 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 14 September 1914 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1402/462 view online service record
Address:
185 Pickles Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Lilian J Hickey (wife)
Rheola Police Station
via Inglewood, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 4 May 1915
Discharged: Friday, 15…
W Hickey is included in a list in the Standard newspaper of members of the Port Melbourne branch of the Australian Natives Association (ANA) who had enlisted during the first year of the war.
1915 'NATIVES FOR THE FRONT.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 7 August, p. 1. , viewed 30 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165271
Research by Brian Membrey
Private, Musketry School, Port Melbourne, died from illness 24 March, 1916, Port Melbourne. Unassigned (Wife : Blanche Louise HICKSON, later COX) born Carlton. Enlisted Coburg, but discharged as medically unfit with shortness of breath while in camp. He died of heart failure in the Base Hospital while attached on Home Service to the Musketry School in Port…
A E Hildebrand is listed in the Nott Street School Honour Roll.
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 22 years 6 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 26 June 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 5976 view online service record
Address:
183 Heath Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Emily May Hildebrand (mother)
183 Heath Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 2 October 1916
Ship: HMAT Nestor A71
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion - 16th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 4…
A E Hill is listed on the Bridge Street Presbyterian Church Honour Board.
Place of Birth: Albert Park, VIC
Age: 30 years 4 months
Enlistment Details: Saturday, 31 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 6787 view online service record
Address:
472 Albert Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
L M Hill (wife)
472 Albert Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 18 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade - 12th Battery
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday,…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Saturday, 15 August 1914 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 255/6900 view online service record
Address:
173 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Emma Lena Hill
173 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Tuesday, 16 April 1918
Place: France
Brothers: Roland…
Place of Birth: Bathurst, NSW
Age: 23 years
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 18 August 1914 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 121 view online service record
Address:
173 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Dr C E Hill
173 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 19 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 2nd Field Ambulance
Fate:
RTA: Monday, 12 November 1917
Discharged: Thursday, 7 March 1918
Brothers:…