John George HAYES

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Service Number:	14687
Enlisted:	26 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne South, Victoria, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 14687, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 14687, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
26 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14687, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 14th Field Artillery Brigade.
17 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 14687, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Wound to the left elbow
5 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 14687, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment as Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

Son of Arthur George Hayes and Josephine Hayes nee Humphries of Melbourne, Victoria

Next of kin given as his aunt E. Wilby of Budd Street, Collingwood, Victoria

Returned to Australia on 29 May 1919 aboard HT Rio Negro disembarking on 22 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1935 John married Dorothy May Schultz in Victoria