HAWKES, Albert Victor
| Service Number: | 611 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 1 May 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 22nd Battalion | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 611, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 22nd Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From Machine Gun Details | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 611, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Albert Charles Silas Hawkes and Rose Anne Hawkes nee Lovett of Burnie, Tasmania
Next of kin given as his sister Mrs Stewart M. Anderson of Strahan Street, Hobart, Tasmania later of St Kilda, Victoria
At the time of enlisting he gave his address as Albert Street, Windsor, Victoria
Husband of Stella Irene Maud Hawkes nee Miles of Lyme Gardens, Newbridge Road, Bath, England and married on 20 October 1919 in the Bath Registry Office, England. Registrar R.H. Carpenter officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 27 March 1920 aboard HT Zealandia disembarkin on 12 May 1920
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal