Wilson HAYSTON

HAYSTON, Wilson

Service Number: 1309
Enlisted: 20 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Remount Unit
Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1886
Home Town: Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1309, 2nd Remount Unit, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
10 Nov 1915: Involvement Trooper, 1309, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Trooper, 1309, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
24 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Remount Unit, At Ghezirah
24 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1309, 2nd Remount Unit, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Hayston and Agnes Hayston nee Perkins of 'Fairway''. Arthur Street, Ashfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Wilson married Dulcie Melva Blanche Hussey in Chatswood, NSW