Herbert George HAYES

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Service Number:	118
Enlisted:	1 February 1915, Enlisted at Bribane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, England, 1893
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Virginia Water Board School, Surrey, England
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Wounds, 20th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 27 May 1918
Cemetery:	Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot 111, Row A, Grave 12, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 118, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bribane, QLD
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 118, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 118, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
22 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 118, 25th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm. Transferred to England on 2 May 1917
23 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 118, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gas shell wounds

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Arrived in Australia aged 16 years. Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Gaswork, Montague Road, South Brisbane, QLD

Next of kin given as his step-sister Annie Taylor of White Star Road, Brentford, Middlesex, England

Husband of Grace Ellen Hayes nee Andrews of Gelbe Road, Stines, Middleex, England. Herbert and Grace married on 26 September 1916 in England

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