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HAWKEN, Hedley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2054 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Hyderabad, India, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Wounds, 2nd Field Ambulance Dressing Station, France, 12 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot V11, Row H, Grave 15. Headstone inscription reads:- Beloved by all that knew him, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2054, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2054, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2054, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 8th Battalion at Serapeum | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, In France | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2054, 8th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the back | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, In France | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2054, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2054, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Third occasion. Died of wounds |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hedley John Hawken and Maud Harriet Hawken of Richmond Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal