Joseph William HAWKES

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Service Number:	3306
Enlisted:	27 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Newcastle on Tyne, England, 1868
Home Town:	Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia, 24 December 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Proserpine Cemetery, Qld Memorial row, OP-3, Grave 542
Memorials:

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3306, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3306, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
29 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 49th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, From 49th Battalion
14 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3306, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to age

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Son of Sidney Milnes Hawkes and Emily Hawkes ne LInnell of Newcastle on Tyne, England

Next of kin given as his daughter C.A. Lewis of Prosperine, QLD

On 25 February 1889 Joseph married Elizabeth Jurgens in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard HT orontes disembarking on 11 May 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal