William Martin HAYES

Badge Number: S80724, Sub Branch: Coonawarra
S80724

HAYES, William Martin

Service Number: 3816
Enlisted: 19 July 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born: Red Hill, South Australia, 23 April 1891
Home Town: Red Hill, Mid North, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Penola, South Australia, 14 March 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Red Hill Men Roll of Honor WW1, Red Hill Methodist Church Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

19 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3816, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
21 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 3816, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 3816, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
13 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Train, From 32nd Battalion
31 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 5th Divisional Train
18 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, From 32nd Battalion
18 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, From 32nd Battalion
3 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3816, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Mortimer Hayes and Ellen Theresa Hayes nee McAuley of Red Hill, South Australia

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 18 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 18 April 1923 William married Sarah Rezacker in St., Anacletus Church, Peterborough,South Australia

At the time of his death he was residing in Penola, South Australia