William Michael HAYES

HAYES, William Michael

    Service Number: NX71681
    Enlisted: 24 March 1941
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1919
    Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 March 1987, aged 67 years
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    William's cremated remains are in columbarium wall H2, position 0145
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    World War 2 Service

    24 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
    27 Jun 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for the Middle East
    1 Jul 1941: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Returned to Australia 28 Feb 1942
    28 Oct 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for New Guinea
    1 Nov 1944: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, Returned to Australia 26 Oct 1945
    10 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX71681, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Matthew Rutkin

    William Michael Hayes was the sixth child and third son of John Leslie Hayes and Alice Maria Conroy. He grew up at Paddington and Woollahra in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

    During WW2 he enlisted in the 2nd AIF at the age of 21, and served overseas in the Middle East and in New Guinea.

    William never married. His mother lived with him at Maroubra until her death in 1970. William remained at Maroubra until his death in 1987 at the age of 67.

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