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HAYES, John Vivian
Personal Details
Service Number: | 610 |
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Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 15 January 1897 |
Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 610, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 610, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 610, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
6 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
16 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
31 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22 Training Battalion | |
12 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- For conspicuous gallantry in command of their platoons during the capture of the trenches near Bullecourt on 3rd May, 1917. They [Hayes and 753 E.F. Watkins] carried out the duties of clearing the trenches, organising the defence and establishing advanced posts in an able manner and contributed materially to the success of the attack London Gazette on 9 July 1917, page 6838, position 68 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 November 1917, page 2936, position 81 | |
25 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion | |
14 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, From 65th Battalion | |
11 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 610, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the abdomen. Invalided to England on 4 December 1917 aboard HS St, David | |
21 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 610, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Gilbert Hayes and Elizabeth Hayes nee Hooper of Deniliqun, NSW formerly of Port Fairy, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1918 aboard HT Osterley
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922 John married Muriel Pattie in Victoria