Sydney Montague HAWKESFORD

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HAWKESFORD, Sydney Montague

Service Number:	4398
Enlisted:	24 March 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 November 1892
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mariner
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1971, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Anglican area, General Lawn 2, Grave 788
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World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4398, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
15 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 4398, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
15 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 4398, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
15 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 4398, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 4398, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD, From 3rd Australian General Hospital
2 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, HAREFIELD
12 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Field Ambulance, Reverted in ranks when taken on strength
14 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4398, 9th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Hawkesford and Emily Amelia Hawkesford nee Driscoll of Federal Street, North Hobart, NSW previously of Bathurst Street, Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HS Orca as nursing staff disembarking on 3 April 1919

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

Husband of Margaret Eleanor Hawkesford nee Kilmartin. Sydney and Margaret married in Tasmania during 1924c

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