Albert John Niven HAYES

Badge Number: S12308, Sub Branch: Hilton
S12308

HAYES, Albert John Niven

Service Number: 2346
Enlisted: 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 21 June 1885
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: South Australian Railways
Died: Springbank, South Australia, 12 August 1953, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: KO, Road: 10, Site No: 51
Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide St Patrick's Parish Honor Board
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World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 2346, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 2346, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
19 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion
23 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 2346, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Crawford Wood Hayes and Rosabella Hayes nee Gentry of Adelaide, SA. Brother of Evelyn Lucy Rose Hayes, Robert James Hayes and Kathleen Alice Hayes

Husband of Ada May Hayes nee Enright Wiel of Street, Adelaide, SA. Albert and Ada married on 28 July 1906 in St. Patrick's Church, Adelaide, SA

Returned to Australia on 30 May 1918 aboard HT Borda

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At the time of his death he was residing at Clearview, SA