HAYES, Charles William
Service Number: | 16074 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1915, Enlisted at Melboourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Warra Warra, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1888 |
Home Town: | Darnum, Baw Baw, Victoria |
Schooling: | Darnum State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Wood Worker |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1950, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 16074, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melboourne, Victoria | |
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27 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 16074, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
27 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 16074, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
26 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, 112 Battery. From Australian Army Training Depot in England | |
26 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, In England | |
29 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
27 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 16074, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Wound fracturing forearm. Transferred to England on 30 September 1917 | |
10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 16074, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Second occasion. wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 11 August 1918 | |
9 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 16074, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel Frederick Hayes and Margaret Hayes nee Mahony of Darnum, Victoria later of Castlemaine, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 23 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1939 Charles was residing in Wangaratta, Victoria when applying for a replacement dischaarge certificate. He also gave his place of birth as Warra Warra, Victoria