HAWKES, Owen Centennius
| Service Number: | 3716 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Maylands, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | East Adelaide State & Prince Alfred College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Gunshot Wound to Abdomen, 3rd Canadian Clearing Station, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXV, Row D, Grave 14A |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), St Peters Heroes War Memorial, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3716, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3716, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 12 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3716, 13th Machine Gun Company, Embarked at Alexandria, Disembarked “Ivernia” at Marseilles 12/6/1916 to join BEF | |
| 25 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Machine Gun Company, Trainee Corporal promotion | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3716, 13th Machine Gun Company, 1st Passchendaele, Wounded in action and taken to 3 Australian Field Ambulance. Gunshot Wound to Abdomen. Belgium. | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3716, 13th Machine Gun Company, 1st Passchendaele, Transferred to 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, died from wounds, Buried 29/9/1917 in Poperinge, West Flanders Belgium Grave 14A plot XXV.D. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Hannelly
The Chronicle (Adelaide, SA) p38 Sat 20/10/1917
... reported on the death of Owen Centennius Hawkes saying.... he was born in St Peters ...and educated at East Adelaide State School and Prince Alfred College and became an expert orchardist in partnership laid out a large garden in Inglewood.
With ill health he moved to Renmark from where he enlisted in 12th battalion AIF ... until he transferred in Egypt to a machine gun company (13th) fighting for nearly 2 years along the Belgium and French fronts continually mentioning meeting old acquaintances in his letters home...
Biography contributed
Owen Centenius HAWKES was born in Maylands, Adelaide, South Australia on 26th January 1888
His parents were John Henry Mason HAWKES & Rosina (Rose) BROOKS
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