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HAYES, John Cohn Campbell
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 724 , 724 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 October 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 724 , 4th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 724, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 724, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Machine Gun Company | |
| 31 Jan 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 724 , 14th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on 11 February 1918 | |
| 27 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 724 , 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James William Hayes and Mary Hayes of Erskine Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Husband of Susan Theiza Hayes nee Sherbourne of Oxford Road, Cogges, Oxford, England. John and Susan married on 14 June 1919 in the Cogges Parish Church, Oxford, England. Vicar Robert William Hudgell officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 9 August 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 27 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal