Albert HAYES

HAYES, Albert

Service Numbers: 598, 9829, 598, 9829
Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD. Service number later changed
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Lengthsman
Memorials: Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 598, 9829, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD. Service number later changed
24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 598, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 598, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
18 Aug 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9829, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to paraplegia(spinal injury) caused by a horse falling then rolling over on top of him

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister J. Higgins of Devonport, Tasmania

On 14 October 1914 he suffered a fractured spine causing partial paralysis of both arms and right legs due his horse falling and rolling on top of him