HAYES, Edward Patrick
| Service Number: | 3702 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walkerville, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Walkerville Public School, Walkerville, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3702, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3702, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3702, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3702 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.
On 9th March 1916 he joined the 48 th Battalion at Tel-el- Kebiro, Egypt and proceeded to join B.E.F. at Alexandria where he boarded the HMAT ‘Calendonia’ for Marseilles France, disembarking on 9 June 1916.
Hayes was wounded in action in Frances on 14 August 1916 and admitted to the 7 th A.F.A. with shellshock. He rejoined his unit 25 August 1916 but was wounded in action on 8 April 1917 and admitted to the 9 th C.C.S. with gunshot wound to the shoulder. He was transferred to the 8 th General Hospital at Rouen on 10 th and embarked from Havre for England aboard the N.S. Warilda on 17 th April and was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
He was granted furlough on 25 May 1917 and was back in Southampton a month later bound for France on 25 June before marching to Belgium. He arrived in Havre on 24 th July to join his unit. He was reported missing in action on 12 October 1917 at Passchendale, Ypres and subsequently confirmed as killed in action.