Patrick Francis Joseph HAYES

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HAYES, Patrick Francis Joseph

Service Number:	2189
Enlisted:	13 May 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodend, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Woodend, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Wounds, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woodend War Memorial Clock Tower

World War 1 Service

13 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

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Biography

"...2189 Private Patrick Francis Joseph Hayes, 59th Battalion, of Woodend, Vic. A driver prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne with the 4th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 1 August 1916. Pte Hayes served on the Western Front and died of wounds on 26 March 1917. He was 23 years of age. His brother 228 Pte John Thomas Hayes, 10th Machine Gun Company returned to Australia on 21 April 1918." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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