Benjamin William HAWKSHAW

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Service Number:	3306
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Train
Born:	Jerilderie,New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Narrandera War Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Narrandera WW1 War Memorial

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3306, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3306, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
7 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Army Service Corps, From 2nd Battalion
3 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Army Service Corps
6 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Train, From 7th Army Service Corps
3 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3306, 4th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Son of John Hawkshaw and Naomi Hawkshaw of Twynrn Street, Narrandera, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 11 June 1919

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

Belgian Croix de Guerre

London Gazette on 5 April 1919, page 4526,position 44 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 July 1919, page 1169, position 60

During 1930c Benjamin married Helen L. Hodder in Mosman, NSW