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HAWKE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3037 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longreach, Queensland, Australia, April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3037, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3037, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cornerstone College
John Hawke, survived the war after spending almost 2 years in it. His birth in April, 1881 was in London and the family then moved to Longreach, Queensland. Some physical features that he had were blue eyes, brown hair and he was a small build of 5 foot 4 and weighed 49.44kg with a scar on his left thigh. He signed up on the 23rd of August, 1916 and was declared serviceman number 3037. Previously his occupation was a station hand in Longreach and he was single. When he went to the war he sailed on the HMAT Marathon A74. Hawke returned home from the war on the 7th of June, 1918.