Michael Edward HAYES

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HAYES, Michael Edward

Service Numbers:	6868, 6868A
Enlisted:	20 August 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Letter A added to the number when taken on strength now 6868A
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bacchus March, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1884
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1933, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6868, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Letter A added to the number when taken on strength now 6868A
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6868A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6868A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
4 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6868A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on 12 December 1918
25 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6868A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Enlisted under alias Michael Edward Hastings

Address at the time of enlistment was North Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Ethel Victoria Hayes nee Meyers of Vere Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Michael and Ethel married on 9 June 1902 in Victoria in the Matrimmonial Agency, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to widow Ethel Hayes

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