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HAYES, Owen Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5341 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Marburna, Tasmania, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Sunshine, Victoria, Australia, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5341, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5341, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5341, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5341, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5341, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Training Battalion | |
| 14 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5341, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Hayes and Mary Jane Hayes of Crothy Street, Queenstown, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 27 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Owen married Rita Margaret McRae in Victoria