William Hickey

1871-1941

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

47593

About

Born in New Zealand

3 May 1871
Parents

Mother

Mary Hickey

Father

John Hickey
Residence

Hometown

Karangahake
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Talisman Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 70

2 October 1941

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 118/0054287, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Hickey (1871-1941)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/382