George Hedley HAYES

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Service Number:	16982
Enlisted:	6 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	9th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Plymouth, England, 1887
Home Town:	Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stonemason
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

6 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16982, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 16982, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 16982, Field Company Engineers, RMS Osterley, Sydney
5 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 9th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers re-inforcements
18 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 16982, 9th Field Company Engineers, Discharged are the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred Alexander Hayes and Mary Jane Hayes of Plymouth, England

Husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Hayes nee Sjoberg of Grove Street, Canterbury, NSW. George and Charlotte married in Waterloo, NSW during 1911

Served his six years apprenticeship with Joseph Gack of Plymouth, England

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 11 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal