HAWKESFORD, Milford George
| Service Number: | 11059 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 October 1899 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 11059, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 11059, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Uganda, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11059, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Wilfred George Hawkesford
Birth Date:4 Oct 1899
Birth Place:Tasmania
Registration Year:1899
Registration Place:Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Father:George Hawkesford
Mother:Emily Driscoll
Registration Number:204
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of Horace Hawkesford who died on Malaria on 24 October 1918 while serving with the Australian Service Corps (Supply) and is buried in the Beirut British War Cemetery Grave 343; Sydney Montague Hawkesford who return to Australia inMarch 1919 having served with the 3rd Australian General Hospital; Belbin Hawkesford MM who returned to Australia on 23 February 1919 having served with the 52nd Battalion
Husband of Edith Ethel Hawkesford nee Maxwell of Albert Mansions, Stockwell Road, Brixton, England. Milford and Edith married on 16 May 1917 the St. Andrew Parish Church, Stockwell, London, England. W. Hook Longsdon officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 disembarked on 15 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal