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HAWKEN, Wilfred Lang
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1369 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Raleigh, Essex, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne | |
| 11 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the shoulder | |
| 21 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the neck | |
| 10 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Son of Alfred Lang Hawken and Margaret Ann Hawken, of Trulins Farm, Newham, Gloucester, England formerly of Raleigh, Essex, England.
Brother of Thomas Lockwood Hawken who was killed in action on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 22nd Battalion and was buried in the Oxford Road, Cemetery, Belgium Plot 11, Row G, Grave 7
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In December 1968 Wilfred was living in Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa