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HAWKES, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 33635 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Murwillumbah General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33635, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 33635, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 33635, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From Artillery reserve | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33635, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Wound to the arm | |
| 17 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33635, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Second occasion. Severe shell wound to the right thigh | |
| 23 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 33635, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Hawkes and Ellen Giles Hawkes of Wagga Wagga, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Margha shell wound to the right thigh disembarking on 9 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal