John William HAYS

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Service Number:	220
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918
Cemetery:	Bellicourt British Cemetery Plot 11, Row F, Grave 5. Headstone inscription reads: God grant that ere his spirit fled he saw that not in vain he bled, Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Indooroopilly War Memorial, Shire of Moggill War Memorial

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 220, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 220, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 220, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 220, 31st Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the legs and eye.

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Son of Job Hays and Mary Lofts Hays of 'Kintnore', Indooroopilly, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal