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HAYES, George Howard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6630 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1916, Enlisted at Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Rutherglen, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Rutherglen State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot L1V, Row C, Grave 2. Headstone inscription reads: For the sake of those that I dearly loved, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rutherglen St. Stephen's Anglican Church Great War Memorial Reredos, Rutherglen War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6630, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6630, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6630, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 8 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Victor Ernest Hayes and Rebecca Ann Batty formerly Hayes of Ruttherglen Victoria
Husband of Margaret Jane Hayes nee Hutchison of Great Southern, Rutherglen, Victoria. George and Margaret married during 1916c in Victoria. Father of Thelma Joyce Hayes
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal