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HAWKES, Harold Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 51806 |
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Enlisted: | 5 October 1917 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Division Headquarters |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 31 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Eden Hills, South Australia, 6 April 1951, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 3, Site No: 35 |
Memorials: | Enfield Methodist Church Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Oct 1917: | Enlisted | |
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1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51806, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51806, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
4 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, From reinforcements | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51806, 4th Division Headquarters | |
19 Apr 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Headquarters, From 50th Battalion | |
27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51806, 4th Division Headquarters, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis William Hawkes and Mary Jane Charlotte Hawkes nee Whittington of Burwood Avenue, Prospect, SA
Commenced return to Australia 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 4 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 20 February 1924 Harold married Ella Rees in the Congregational Church, Croydon, SA