WARKE, Samuel Hayward
| Service Number: | 2700 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 14 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marrickville Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | GSW to head received on 23/7/1916 , Epileptic and Paralysis Hospital, Maida Vale, England, United Kingdom, 31 January 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery Plot 173 and 174 Grave 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2700, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2700, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2700, 4th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Private Samuel Hayward Warke was born at Dalby, Queensland in 1894. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 23rd June, 1915 as a 21 year old Fireman from Marrickville, Sydney, NSW.
Private Warke joined 4th Battalion at Gallipoli on 4th November, 1915. He was returned to Alexandria then proceeded to & arrived in France on 30th March, 1916.
Private Warke was wounded in action in France on 23rd July, 1916 with GSW to head. He was invalided to England on 20th December, 1916 & admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England on 22nd December, 1916.
Private Samuel Hayward Warke died at 10 pm on 31st January, 1917 at Epileptic and Paralysis Hospital, Maida Vale, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wounds to head.
BOTH men were buried in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England (Chambers (see photo below) was buried on 7th February, 1917 & Warke was buried on 5th February, 1917).
His full stories can be found here along with the other 18 WW1 Australians buried in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green.
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/kensal-green--all-souls…
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Minnie Charlotte and the late Samuel George Warke, of 84, Samuel St., St. Peters, New South Wales. Born at Dalby, Queensland.
A BRAVE LIFE THAT PROMISED WELL AT THE WILL OF GOD A HERO FELL
Samuel served in Egypt, Gallipoli (Evaucation), France and was wounded at Pozieres 23 July 1916 and invalided to Maida Vale Hospital London, where he succumbed to his injuries 21 January 1917.
WARKE -January 31, 1917, at Maida Vale Hospital, London, from wounds received in action in France, Samuel Hayward Warke, aged 22 years and 9 months, dearly beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Warke, of Enmore-road, Marrickville.
Far from those who loved him best,
In a hero's grave he lies at rest.
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