Joseph Charles HAWKEN MM

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Service Number:	1042
Enlisted:	27 October 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Broadmeadows, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horseman
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1042, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1042, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1042, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
20 Jan 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads:- During the operations near Gueudecourt from 15th November 1916, to 6th December 1916, these N.C.O.s and men did most excellent work as members of the Divisional Pack Transport Troops. They are selected from the 256 N.C.O.s and Drivers as having set a fine example to the remainder by their coolness under fire, determination, and resource. They never failed in getting the mules up to Battalion Headquarters although they came constantly under shell fire during which a number of mules were killed. Their work was done at night under the most difficult conditions, and they were instrumental in saving a number of valuable animals from drowning when bogged in shell holes in the portion of their journey beyond Brigade Headquarters, which was under constant shell fire. London Gazette on 19 February 1917, page 1756, position 15 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 25 July 1917, page 1543, position 115
25 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1042, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd MIlitary District

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Son of Joseph Hawkens and Caroline Rebecca Hawkens of Graham Road, Broadmeadow, NSW

Return to Australia on 25 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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