Alfred Ernest HAYES

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Service Number:	1677
Enlisted:	8 December 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, October 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Ploot 15, Zone D, Grave 4043
Memorials:

8 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1677, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1677, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1677, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1677, 54th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg later amputated below the knee. Invalided to England on 5 October 1917 aboard HS Warilda
11 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1677, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of John Hayes and Elizabeth Hayes of Grenfell, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Emily Jane Merriman of 'Quakers Hill', Blacktown, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 18 August 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1935c Alfred married Ida C. Townesend in Wollongong, NSW