William HAWKINS

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Service Number:	957
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 957, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 957, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 957, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement 957, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 957 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-09
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 957, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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