HAWKEN, Nicholas St Austell
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | AIF Depot |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 1874 |
Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Superior Public School, Fort Street, Newtown, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Mine Manager |
Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1945, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW S/W Terrace, Wall 116 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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26 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Tunnelling Companies | |
26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
10 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies | |
5 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, AIF Depot, Based in England | |
21 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, AIF Depot, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Nicholas Hawken and Mary Jane Hawken nee Vance of Sydney
Husband of Clara Janette Elizabeth Hawken nee Saxby of 'Fosterville', Lorne Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales formerly of Ashfield, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Margha disembarking on 5 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal