HAWKEY, William
Service Number: | 1219 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | Anzac Provost Corps |
Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Merrylands, Holroyd, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Police Constable |
Died: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1219, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1219, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
8 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , From 61st Battalion | |
20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1219, 30th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand | |
4 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , In England | |
23 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , From 61st Battalion. Tidworth, England | |
1 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Anzac Provost Corps | |
5 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1219, Anzac Provost Corps , Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Mark Hawkey and Mary Ann Hawkey of Glanville, NSW
Husband of Chrissie Winifred Hawkey nee Godfrey of 'Campbell's Hill', Merrylands, NSW. William and Chrissie married during 1915c in Parramatta, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 9 January 1920 aboard HT Megantic disembarking on 27 February 1920
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal