LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Daniel HICKEY
Service No: 61557
Born: Swan Hill VIC, 27 November 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Flying Boat Repair Unit
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 27 January 1944, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Bridget Hickey
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Griffith Cenotaph, Griffith NSW
On 27 January 1944, Leading Aircraftman Hickey, a Fitter II Engines, died from an illness.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/453
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line