Sydney William HAWKES MID

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Service Number:	1132
Enlisted:	26 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Norwich, England, 1889
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1132, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1132, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1132, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 11th Battalion
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Pioneer Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion
20 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion
26 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion
7 Nov 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, In February 1917: for performing consistant good work handling men under difficult and dangerous conditions. London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13567, position 56 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 844, position 83
13 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1132, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of W. Hawkes of Earton, Norfolk, England

Address at the time of enlistment was Carew Street, Katannning, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 24 September 1918

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