HAWKES, George John
| Service Number: | 901 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW. Battalion change prior to embarking |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Middlesex, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Board School, England |
| Occupation: | Butcher, Railway worker in Lismore area |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 901, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW. Battalion change prior to embarking | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 901, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 901, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 901, 15th Infantry Battalion, Left wrist and knee ,slight | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement 901, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 901 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 25 years.
Son of John Hawkes and Amelia Hawkes of Malt House Yard, Long Crendon, Thame, Buckinhamshire, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George John HAWKES (Service Number 901) was born in Richmond, Middlesex, in 1886. When he enlisted in the AIF in September 1914, he gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘Butcher’,. He is also known to have been employed by the NSW Government Railways on the Lismore to Murwillumbah line in 1911 and in 1914 on the Grafton to Murwillumbah line. He enlisted at Lismore.
He was allotted to the 15th Battalion. He was sent with them to Gallipoli in April 1915. From 30th April he was promoted to Corporal and then Lance Sergeant. He was slightly wounded in action (L wrist and knee) on 13th May, and evacuated to hospital in Egypt. He returned to Gallipoli in July and re-joined his unit there.
He was posted ‘wounded and missing in action’ on 8th August 1915. A Court of Enquiry almost a year later determined that he must have been killed in action at that time.
He has no known grave, but he is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial. A war pension was granted to his mother in England.
- based on notes from the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board