HAYES, Dennis Francis
| Service Number: | 787 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1980 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Catholic_1, Section 27, Lot 44 |
| Memorials: | Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 787, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 787, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 787, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 12 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 787, 36th Infantry Battalion, wounded 8/12/1917 GSW to face |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
72 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 24th December 1948, Lance Corporal Denis Francis (Francies, Francie) Hayes, 36th Battalion (Reg No-787), labourer (Messrs. Armstrong & Royse, Timber Mills, Wickham, N.S.W.), from Maitland Road, Islington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 68. CATHOLIC 1-27. 44.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 28th May 1880 to Denis and Margaret Hayes of Regent Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, Denis enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 20.7.1917 (influenza), and wounded in action - 3.12.1917 (GSW face, severe), Denis returned home May 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 22nd November 1918.
Mr Hayes’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
Upon locating this Forgotten Digger December 2018, I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Denis’s honour and dignity.
Lest We Forget.
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