HAWKING, Ernest Vivian
| Service Number: | 3641 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, 11th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Postal Corps |
| Born: | Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton - Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1953, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Mooroopna War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 7th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3641, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3641, Third Ypres | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3641, Polygon Wood | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, Commonwealth Gazette March 1918 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3641, Australian Army Postal Corps, RTA 8 May 1919 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3641, Australian Army Postal Corps, "The Last Hundred Days", RTA 8 May 1919 |
Awarded the Military Medal for action at Polygon Wood
'During operations of 25th and 26th September at POLYGON WOOD this man displayed great coolness and devotion to duty in that he was on duty at a signal station at Battalion headquarters at BLACK WATCH CORNER which was continually heavily shelled. The station was in a tench which was blown in several times and on many occasions partially burying the 3 men on the station. He with the aid of 2 others stuck to the telephones and kept communication open. finally the position was blown out and it was necessary to move to the Pill Box where the work was carried on till the battalion was relieved. On one occasion, when there were no runners available, and telephone lines were broken he, accompanied by Private McRae carried a despatch to the forward Battalion Station and when returning laid a telephone wire and was successful in establishing telephonic communication again. This was done under heavy shelling.'
'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918
Submitted 15 June 2018 by Steve Larkins
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