William Thomas HAYES

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Service Number:	5726
Enlisted:	31 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williams, Western Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Williams, Williams, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School, Williams, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918
Cemetery:	Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot 11, Row B, Grave , Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

31 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5726, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
15 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5726, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
15 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5726, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
10 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, From 11th Battalion
10 Jun 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 5726, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5726 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-10
25 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Thomas William Hayes and Sarah Jean Hayes of Williams, Western Australia

Next of kin given as his sister Ellen Selina Moore nee Hayes of 'Perenjori', Wongan Hills, WA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal