HAWKE, Melville Clyde
Service Number: | 1232 |
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Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1890 |
Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Dispenser |
Died: | Wembley, Western Australia, 29 July 1958, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section JA, Grave 0725 |
Memorials: | Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder St George's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1232, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, NSW | |
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1 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), Prior to embarking | |
14 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 1232, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle | |
14 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 1232, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
28 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
1 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , At Moascar | |
25 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1232, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Rupert Street, Subiaco, WA.
Son of Clarence Rupert John Hawke and Eliza Ada Hawke of Dwyer Street, Boulder, WA formerly of Broken Hill, NSW
Trained under W.D. Morris, Chemist, of Boulder, WA for four years
Commenced return to Australia on 30 August 1918 aboad HT Wiltshire as nursing staff disembarking on 24 September 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Melville married Mabel T.E. Millen in Perth, WA