Charles William HAYES

HAYES, Charles William

Service Number: 16074
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
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World War 1 Service

21 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 16074, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melboourne, Victoria
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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Biography 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