Nicholas St Austell HAWKEN

HAWKEN, Nicholas St Austell

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 22 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: AIF Depot
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 1874
    Home Town: Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Superior Public School, Fort Street, Newtown, New South Wales
    Occupation: Mine Manager
    Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1945, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    S/W Terrace, Wall 116
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    26 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Tunnelling Companies
    26 Nov 1917: Embarked Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne
    26 Nov 1917: Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
    5 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, AIF Depot, Based in England
    21 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, AIF Depot, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Nicholas Hawken and Mary Jane Hawken nee Vance of Sydney

    Husband of Clara Janette Elizabeth Hawken nee Saxby of 'Fosterville', Lorne Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales formerly of Ashfield, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Margha disembarking on 5 March 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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