John Michael HAYES

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Service Number:	6502
Enlisted:	28 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Armstrong, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railways Signalman
Died:	Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 25 April 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6502, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6502, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6502, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France from Signal Details
8 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6502, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Hayes and Margaret Ann Hayes nee Lacey of Armstrong, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 1 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victor Medal