Reginald Vincent HAWKER

Badge Number: 44366, Sub Branch: Beachport
44366

HAWKER, Reginald Vincent

    Service Number: 512
    Enlisted: 4 December 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Forestville, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Beachport, South Australia, 19 October 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    General area AA, Path B, Grave 156. Interred on 21 October 1952, grave now expired
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    21 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 11th Light Horse Regiment
    2 Jun 1915: Embarked Driver, 512, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
    2 Jun 1915: Involvement Driver, 512, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    29 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Light Horse Regiment, From 11th Light Horse Regiment
    15 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 512, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the left elbow
    7 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 512, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically due to wounding. Rank had been reduced due to the amount of time he had been absent from his unit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    True name Reginald Arthur Vincent Hawker

    Son of Thomas Lipson Hawker and Isabella Hawker of Charles Street, Forrestville, SA

    Returned to Australia on 2 May 1916 aboard HT Ascanius

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

    On 23 March 1918 Reginald married Muriel Alice Celia Tremewen in the Manse, Victoria Street, Goodwood, SA

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