John Joseph HAYES

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Service Numbers:	516, 4142
Enlisted:	29 August 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	St. Vincents Catholic School, Redfern, New South Wales
Occupation:	Mattress Maker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 516, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 516, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 516, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
29 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 516, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the chest fracturing the collarbone. Discharged from hospital to return to Australia
4 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4142, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
25 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 516, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4142, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4142, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion
25 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 13th Battalion

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Son of Roger Hayes and Annie Hayes of Abercrombie Street, Redfern, NSW

Served a three year apprenticeship with Australian Mattress Makers, Glebe, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of John Edwin Hayes and Lillian Elizbeth Hayes of 'Dunluce', Carrington Avenue, Strathfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 September 1915 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 1 October 1915

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

Husband of Amy Edith Hayes nee Riley. John and Amy married in Waverley, NSW during 1937c