Martin Francis HAWARD

HAWARD, Martin Francis

Service Number: 17859
Enlisted: 16 January 1917, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: French Island, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Telephone Mechanic
Died: Rosanna, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Roman Catholic area E, Grave 621X. Interred on 14 May 1947. Also in the same grave is his wife Helena
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World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria
21 Jun 1917: Involvement Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917: Embarked Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
24 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France
31 Dec 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 17859, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Herbert Robertson Haward and Annie Haward nee Davoren of Melbourne, Victoria. Brother of Maurice Oliver Haward , Genevieve Haward, John Davoren Haward, Florence Mary Haward, Alphonsus Herbert Haward, Marguerite Haward, Reginald Haward, Mary Agnes Haward and George Frederick

Husband of Helena Haward nee Murphy of Paisley Street, Footscray, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 1 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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