HAWKE, Stanley
| Service Numbers: | 601, 601 / Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Tywardreath, Cornwall, England, December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Tetbury Cottage Hospital, Gloucestershire, England United Kingdom, 13 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tywardreath (St. Andrew) Churchyard In new ground extension-Grave 166. Personal Inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY |
| Memorials: | Swan Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 601, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 601, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Anzac Salvage Section, 2nd Australian Division Salvage Section (AWM) | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Cadet, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) | |
| 31 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Flying Officer (pilot) | |
| 13 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 601 / Commissioned Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1890 Hawke Stanley St. Austell 5c 87
He was 27 and the son of Henry and Sarah Jane Hawke, of 34, Par Green, Par Station, Cornwall, England.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 13th July…… Stanley Hawke was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall at the end of 1890.
A “Stanley Hawke”, Farmer, aged 20, was listed as a passenger on the Narrung, which departed from London on 29th March, 1911 bound for Australia.
The 1914, 1915, 1916 & 1917 Australian Electoral Rolls for the division of Wimmera, subdivision of Swan Hill, Victoria listed Stanley Hawke, Farmer of Peri Farm, Swan Hill.
Stanley Hawke enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th January, 1916 as a 25 year old, single, Shipwright from Swan Hill, Victoria.
He was admitted to Clearing Hospital, Military Camp at Seymour with a bruised thigh on 12th March, 1916. He was transferred to A.A.M.C. Convalescent Hospital, Sandringham on 14th March & discharged back to his Unit on 12th April, 1916.
Private Stanley Hawke, Service number 601, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Persic (A34) on 3rd June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 37th Infantry Battalion, “B” Company & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 25th July, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was appointed to Lance Corporal on 20th October, 1916.
On 10th November, 1916 Lance Corporal Hawke was admitted to 10th Brigade Field Hospital at Larkhill, Wiltshire then transferred the same day to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Scabies. He was discharged to duty on 15th November, 1916.
Lance Corporal Hawke proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 22nd November, 1916. He reported sick on 5th December, 1916 & was admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance with Seberrhoea. He was transferred to 8th Casualty Clearing Station then transferred to No. 4 Ambulance Train on 7th December, 1916. Lance Corporal Hawke was admitted to 13th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, France on 8th December, 1916. He was transferred to No. 1 Convalescent Camp on 3rd February, 1917 & was fit for Base Details on 8th February, 1917.
He was marched in to 3rd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) on 11th February, 1917. Lance Corporal Hawke was appointed (E.D.P. (Extra Duty Pay) (Temporary) Corporal on 28th February, 1917 while posted at 3rd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, France. He reverted to permanent rank of Lance Corporal on 27th March, 1917.
On 28th March, 1917 Lance Corporal Hawke was transferred to 2nd Anzac Corps Salvage Section as Sergeant. He was marched out to 2nd Anzac Corps Salvage Corps on 2nd April, 1917 & taken on strength of 2nd Anzac Corps Salvage Section on 3rd April, 1917.
Sergeant Hawke was appointed Acting C.S.M. (Company Sergeant Major) without pay on 23rd July, 1917.
He proceeded on Leave on 8th August, 1917 & returned from leave on 20th August, 1917.
On 28th November, 1917 Sergeant Stanley Hawke was transferred from France to England to join the Australian Flying Corps & was placed on the Supernumerary List.
Sergeant Stanley Hawke joined No. 2 School of Military Aeronautics at Oxford from 7th December, 1917 & was appointed Cadet.
He was marched in to A.F.C. (Australian Flying Corps) Depot at Wendover, England on 8th February, 1918 from No. 2 R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps) M.A. at Oxford.
On 26th March, 1918 Cadet Hawke was marched out to & posted to No. 7 Training Squadron at Leighterton.
Cadet Stanley Hawke having graduated was appointed Flying Officer (Pilot) & to be Second Lieutenant in A.I.F. dated 22nd May, 1918.
He was admitted to Tetbury Cottage Hospital on 26th June, 1918.
Second Lieutenant Stanley Hawke died at 10.55 am on 13th July, 1918 at Tetbury Cottage Hospital, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England from Pneumonia.
He was buried privately by his father, Mr Hawke, of Par, Cornwall, England, in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Tywardreath, Cornwall, England in a family grave and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/tywardreath.html
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