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Service Number:	2061
Enlisted:	4 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Johns, Canada, 1871
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 22 June 1924, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Light Oval, Row 65, Aspect E, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: Duty nobly done
Memorials:

4 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2061, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
20 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2061, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2061, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide
11 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2061, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the right shoulder and arm fracturing the humerus
3 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2061, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as wounded

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Residential address at the time of death was at Largs Bay, SA

Next of kin was given as his brother James Hayes of King Street, West Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 January 1916 aboard T Karoola as wounded

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

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