Godfrey George HAYES

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HAYES, Godfrey George

Service Numbers:	1391 , 1391
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1391 , 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1391, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1391, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 29th Battalion. Promoted to Gunner when transferred to 5th Field Artillery Brigade on 15 March 1916 but re-allocated to the 13th Field Artillery Brigade the same day
22 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1391, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Henry Hayes and Anna Bella Hayes of Carlton, Victoria

Husband of Beatrice Franklin Hayes nee Lee of Liverpool Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria. Godfrey and Beatrice married during 1911c in Victoria. Father of Godfrey Hayes who diid in infancy

Apprencticed to F. Dan of North Carlton, Victoria for three years

Commenced return to Australia on 15 April 1919 aboard SS Orontes disembarking on 25 June 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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