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HAWES, Robert Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2469 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Signal Squadron |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2469, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, From 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 5 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2469, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 5 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2469, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Sydney | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Signal Squadron | |
| 23 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2469, 1st Signal Squadron, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was employed at Downs Coach Works, Toowoomba, QLD
Son of Walter Edward Hawes and Martha Matilda Hawes nee Brown of Allora, QLD. Brother of Kenneth Craig Hawes, Walter Edwin Hawes and Mona Isabell Hawes,
Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 30 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 24 January 1923 Robert married Mabel Elizabeth Wishart in QLD