Matthew HAYES

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Service Number:	3074
Enlisted:	10 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1881
Home Town:	Edgecliff, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Memorials:	Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3074, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3074, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3074, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
2 Dec 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3074, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis in the left knee

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Husband of Isabel Hayes nee Smith of Cameron Street, Edgecliff, NSW. Matthew and Isabel married in Sydney during 1915c

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal