John Robertson HAWKE

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Service Numbers:	3164 , 3164
Enlisted:	21 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Scotland, 1890
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales Cremated and ashes collected Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

21 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3164 , 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3164, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3164, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 1st Battalion
4 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
25 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion
12 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, In France
9 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3164 , 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Richard James Hawke and Susan Muir Hawke of Alfred House, Llewellyn Street, Balmain, NSW formerly of Hamilton, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle

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