Private Herbert Charles Hickey
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hickey,
Herbert Charles
Date of birth: 1893-09-25
Place of birth: Bristol Gloucestershire England
Next of kin: Richard Hickey, father. 1034 19th Avenue East, Calgary, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): CPR Car Inspector
Occupation (normalized): Transport Operations Managers
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, II. B. 29.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 160943
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-10-29 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 305219
LAC ID:
469520
Service file: B4318-S029
Uploader's Notes:
During an attack near Vimy he was severely wounded by the explosion of an enemy shell that landed near him. He was attended to and taken to the Canadian Corps Main Dressing Station where he died.
Previous military experience - 15 months with the 15th Light Horse
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 82nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ee ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-02-06