Joseph Francis HAYES

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Service Number:	5349
Enlisted:	1 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born:	Leongatha, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 22 October 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton Roman Catholic compartment 04, Row 1, Grave 27 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5349, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5349, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5349, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne
21 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps
14 Mar 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
28 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5349, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Church Street, Richmond, Victoria

Son of Edmond Hayes and Elizabeth Hayes nee Donovan of Leongatha, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Hayes of the Victoria Hotel, Rochester, Victoria

Granted leave between 17 March 1919 and 30 September 1919 to attend a course for trunk making with Wood & Son Ltd, Edmond Place, Aldersgate, England

On 11 June 1919 Joseph married Ellen Holohan in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. George, England. Priest J.L. Bove officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1919 aboard Konigin Luise disembarking on 4 February 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal