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HAWES, Norman Brill
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 384 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 384, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 384, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 384, 25th Infantry Battalion, Accidental. Severe wounds to the back | |
| 17 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 384, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the thigh | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 25th Battalion | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 384, 25th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 384 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Hawes and Isabella Hawes nee Brill of Water Street, Toowoomba, QLD. Brother of Isabella Louisa Hawes, Winifred Caroline Hawes, Frederick William Hawes, Lilian Amy Hawes and Edwn James Hawes
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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