Harold Robert HAWKES

Badge Number: S6493, Sub Branch: Eden Hills
S6493

HAWKES, Harold Robert

Service Number: 51806
Enlisted: 5 October 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Division Headquarters
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 31 May 1894
Home Town: Prospect, Prospect, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Eden Hills, South Australia, 6 April 1951, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: KO, Road: 3, Site No: 35
Memorials: Enfield Methodist Church Honour Roll, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board
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World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1917: Enlisted
1 May 1918: Involvement Private, 51806, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
1 May 1918: Embarked Private, 51806, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
4 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, From reinforcements
11 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51806, 4th Division Headquarters
19 Apr 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Headquarters, From 50th Battalion
27 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51806, 4th Division Headquarters, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis William Hawkes and Mary Jane Charlotte Hawkes nee Whittington of Burwood Avenue, Prospect, SA

Commenced return to Australia 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 4 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 February 1924 Harold married Ella Rees in the Congregational Church, Croydon, SA