HICKMAN, William Henry

Service Number –   2919.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   51st  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   11  July  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   Ferndale,  Argyle  South  West  Railways,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Farm  Hand.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  John  Hill  Hickman,  Mother-  Louisa  Rebecca  Hickman,  both  of  Argyle,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  9  November  1916  on  HMAT  A8  “ Argyllshire  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   27  September  1917.

Place –   Belgium.

Age at Death –   22.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Lijssenthoek  Military  Cemetery,  Poperinge,  West – Vlaanderen,  Belgium  (  Plot  XXIV,  Row  G,  Grave  No. 2 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   153.