HAWLEY, William
| Service Number: | 783 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Staffordshire England, November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-170. 22 |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to hand | |
| 14 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW right leg | |
| 29 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 783, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
76 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 6th July 1945, Lance Corporal William (Billy) Hawley, 34th Battalion (Reg No-783), miner from Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales and 37 Young Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 61. ANGLICAN 3-170. 22.
Born at North Staffordshire, United Kingdom about 1884 to William and Eliza Hawley; husband of Louisa Hawley nee? (married? died 1961) of 31 Robertson Street, Carrington, New South Wales, Billy enlisted February 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Billy returned home September 1918, being discharged medically unfit (inguinal hernia) on the 29th November 1918.
Mr. Hawley’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Billy’s gravesite to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Younger brother John Coleman (1st Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-3309, born 1887?, died 13.2.1946, Islington, N.S.W.), from Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., and 31 Robertson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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