James Matheson HAYES

HAYES, James Matheson

    Service Number: 410
    Enlisted: 15 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1889
    Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Postal Employee
    Died: Preston, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1963, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Memorials: Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 410, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 410, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 410, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    6 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 410, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the leg
    16 Aug 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 410, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Wounded in action at the Landing at Anzac 25 April 1915. A gun shot wound in the left leg which caused his evacuation to England. He was returned to Australia medically unfit 7 November 1915.

    His brother 447 Corporal Alan Melrose Hayes was killed in action with the 7th Battalion on 25 April 1915.

     

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Thomas Hayes and Jeanie Hayes Gordon of Susex Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

    Returned to Australia aboard HT Runic

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

    During 1917c James married Juliia Doyle Gorry in Victoria

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