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HAYES (PETERS), Norman Augustus
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6816 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 13 July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical worker |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6816, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6816, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6816, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Wound to the arm | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at JEANCOURT on 18th September 1918. Sapper Hayes showed marked courage and determination in mending lines and maintaining communications between Batteries and Brigade Headquarters in the attack. As the Batteries moved forward in support of the infantry advance the rear areas were subjected to constantly heavy shell fire causing continual breaks in the line. He patrolled the lines and with the exception of short interruptions maintained communcations throughout. He showed a splendid example of courage and resource London Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 7696, position 18 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 October 1919, page 1495, position 73 | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6816, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Daniel Henry Augustus Peters and Jane Peters nee Norman of Ewell Street, Rozelle, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 18 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on the 4 August 1919
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Norman, using the surname of Hayes, married Sarah E.V. Brown in Balmain, NSW
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