Samuel Edward HAYS

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Service Number:	183
Enlisted:	17 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 October 1887
Home Town:	Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1972, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
18 May 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
29 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 41st Infantry Battalion
9 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the neck. Embarked for England on 11 June 1917
17 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 41st Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to right knee. Invalided to England on 18 October 1917 aboard HS Warilda
12 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 183, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of Joe (Job) Hays and Mary Lobbs Hays nee Rawlins of 'Heathwoo Farm, Kenmore, Indooroopilly, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 6 August 1921 Samuel married Jane Ethel Marple in QLD