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Service Number:	4623
Enlisted:	10 November 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Liskeard, England, 1895
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mosmon Park, Western Australia, 29 June 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section 1A, Grave 0313 expires in 2031
Memorials:

10 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4623, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4623, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4623, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4623, 48th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Embarked HS Jan Breydel at Boulogne for England
28 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4623, 48th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the left arm and both legs
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4623, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of William Hawke of Marmion Street, Cottesloe, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Commonwealth disembarking on 4 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Olive Mary Hawke nee Cottle. John and Olive married in Perth, WA during 1921c