HAYES, Horace Ernest
| Service Number: | 138 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grays, Essex, England, 26 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Morrisons, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Morrisons Tableland and District State School 2086 Pictorial Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 138, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 138, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 138, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jul 1917: | Promoted Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 138, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 138 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Horace Brown had a couple of run-ins with authority earlier in his career, but by the time 1917 arrived he had put that behind him to become a valuable NCO in the 8th Infantry Battalion.
Captain Percy Lay MC, DCM, MM noted in his diary on the 20th September;
"Our casualties were very light for the day but our company lost most of our officers, Capt Gerald Evans, Lt’s Alexander Fulton [b1883, KIA 20/9/1917], James Wicks [b1891-returned] and Reg Brinsmead [MC, b1893, KIA 17/12/1917], got wounded, leaving only one officer unwounded but Lt Brinsmead would not go away. … we lost a few slashing good NCO’s amoungst the gamest and best was Cpl Horace Hayes [b1893, KIA 20/9/1917] who died like a true Briton..." - This is very high praise from the most decorated man in the 8th Battalion!
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