HAYES, Kevin Patrick
| Service Number: | QX5212 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| Born: | Harrisville, Qld., 31 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Annerley, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Permanent Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, New Guinea, 19 December 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A7 D 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Harrisville Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX5212 | |
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| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX5212, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 19 Dec 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Patrick and Eller Hayes; husband of Muriel Hayes, of Annerley, Queensland.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER
CPL. K. P. HAYES KILLED
IN ACTION
WARRILL VIEW. Feb. 15th
Cr. J. P. Hayes, of Warrlll View, has been advised that his eldest son, Corporal Kevin P. Hayes. has been killed in action in New Guinea. Corporal Hayes served four years with the Remount Depot at Enoggera and Fort Lytton in the training of military horses. In April, 1940 he enlisted as a trooper in the 7th Division Cavalry Regiment and saw service in Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, and Syria. He returned to Australia in April, 1942 and left for New Guinea in October, 1942. Shortly before, his regiment was ordered to New Guinea he married Miss Betty Carnegie, daughter of Major and Mrs. Carnegie, of Annerley. A younger brother Driver V. J. Hayes is a member ot an A.I.F. unit.
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