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HAYES, Claude Oliver James Clifford
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3296, 3296A |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 18 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Baywater, Victoria, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 13 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3296, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3296, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Hobart | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 26th Battalion | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number mow 3296A | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Imprisoned Captured at Mougeet Farm while wounded in the arm. Interned at Nurnberg, Germany | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3296A, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Stated to be wounded and missing. Later appeared as POW | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3296A, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael James Hayes and Emma Amelia Lachlan Hayes nee Blight of Penguin, Tasmania
Next of kin given as his aunt Ellen Loone of East Devonport, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal