Francis George HAYES

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Service Number:	4324
Enlisted:	9 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

9 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4324, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4324, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4324, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4324, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder and lungs. Invalided to England on 13 September 1917 aboard HS St David
9 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4324, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Husband of Catherine E. Hayes of Longford, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HS Ulysses disembarking on 14 April 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal