Monaghan Raymond HAYES

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HAYES, Monaghan Raymond

Service Number:	330
Enlisted:	23 August 1914, Rosebery, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1894
Home Town:	Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales
Schooling:	Holy Cross Convent School
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 31 July 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot III, Row E, Grave 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 330, Rosebery, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 330, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 330, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
31 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 330, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 330 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-07-31

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Monaghan Raymond HAYES was born on 11th November 1894 in Bombala Street, Cooma NSW

His parents were William HAYES and Sarah Anne MORRIS

He served for 12 months with the Cadets before he enlisted with the Australian Army on 23rd August, 1914 - He was a Trooper in the 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron - Unit embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Star of Victoria on 20th October 1914

Monaghan was Killed in Action on 31st July 1915 at the Gallipoli Peninsular, Turkey - he is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery and is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and has a Memorial named after him in Cooma & a Memorial Plaque

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES (www.cwgc.org)

PHOTO OF HIS HEADSTONE & story (www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au)

WAR RECORD - Australian National Archives (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)

AIF PROJECT (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)

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