Samuel Gibbings HAWKES

HAWKES, Samuel Gibbings

Service Number: 5861
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dunedin, New Zealand, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, Clitheroe, England, United Kingdom, 7 November 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Bromley (London Road or Old) Cemetery
Grave Reference: O. D. 12., Bromley (London Road or Old) Cemetery, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial
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World War 1 Service

30 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 5861, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 5861, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 43/44 and the son of Richard Nevill Nettles Hawkes and Jean Hawkes. His death was registered as follows:

Deaths Dec 1917 Hawkes Samuel G 43 Clitheroe 8e 327

Clitheroe spans the boundaries of the counties of West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire