Frank Westley HAWKE

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Service Number:	1545A
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Fowey, England, June 1893
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Orange WW1 Honour Board

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1545A, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1545A, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
20 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1545A, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Sydney
5 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1545A, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to heart disease

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Arrived in Australia on 9 November 1911

Son of Josiah Hawke and Ann Hawke nee Cock of Prideaux Farm.Par Station, Cornwall, England

Next of kin given as his brother Caunley Hawke of Orange, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 April 1916 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 14 May 1916

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

Husband of Doris Maud Hawke nee Cowell of Ermington, NSW. Frank and Doris married in NSW during 1923c