Martin HAYES

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Service Number:	4251
Enlisted:	4 December 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Liverpool, England, 1887
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4251, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4251, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4251, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
3 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From 27th Battalion at Serapeum
2 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4251, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Bomb wound injuring both eyes causing blindness in the right eye
31 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4251, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to blindness in one eye

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Next of kin given as his brother Michael Hayes of Great Howard Street, Liverpool, England

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Benalla

Post war he spent much of his time in the Yarra Bend Mental Asylum with mental issues possibly due the the injuries sustained in the bomb blast

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal