George Matthew HAYES

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Service Number:	2666
Enlisted:	28 April 1916, Enlisted at Miles, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Miles, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1918
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V1, Row 1, Grave 5, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2666, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Miles, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2666, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2666, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane

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Son of Richard Henry Hayes and Sarah Julia Hayes of Windsor, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his sister Sarah Ellen Curtis of Branxton NSW