Harold Henry HAWKE

Badge Number: 79990
79990

HAWKE, Harold Henry

Service Number: 675
Enlisted: 4 October 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
Born: Uraidla, South Australia, 21 March 1895
Home Town: Uraidla, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Plympton, South Australia, 30 July 1962, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
General area E, Path 2, Grave 64. Interred on 31 July 1962, Now expired
Memorials: Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 8th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
21 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 675, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 675, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
27 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, At Hurdcott
24 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 29th Battalion
29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 675, 38th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 675, 38th Infantry Battalion
12 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 675, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to gassing
Date unknown: Wounded 675, 38th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Hawke and Louisa Hawke nee Haart of Uraidla, SA formerly of Careys Gully, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 15 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal