Andrew HAWKEN

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Service Number:	936
Enlisted:	8 June 1915, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	St. Columb Major, Cornwall, England, 1895
Home Town:	Boolarra, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Blackburn, Victoria, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

8 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 936, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 936, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 936, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 13th Light Horse Regiment
15 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
19 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
20 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , From 22nd Field Artillery Brigade
11 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 936, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
6 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 936, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Son of William Hawken and Annie Hawken nee Stephens of Tregenian, Cornwall, Engalnd

Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1931 Andrew married Sarah Dorothy Ward in Victoria