Edward Percy HAYES

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HAYES, Edward Percy

Service Numbers:	6828, 6828A
Enlisted:	15 February 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Parkville, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Croydon, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Section 3, Grave 198. Interred on 25 May 1923
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World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6828, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6828, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
14 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6828A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the chest and back
3 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6828A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

HAYES. — On the 24th May, at Croydon, Edward Percy, late A.I.F., 22nd Batt., beloved husband of Nellie, dear only son of Florence and the late Edward Hayes (Education department), aged 42 years.

HAYES. —The widow of the late Sig. E. P. Hayes (A.I.F.) desires to thank the public of Croydon and Ringwood for their kindness during her recent sad bereavement. Especially thanking Dr. Hallam, Mr. T. O. Hewish, Mr. H. Taylor, also Boy Scouts, for their kind attention. Will all please accept this as a personal expression of my sincere gratitude?
"Montprehein,"
Glenora avenue, Croydon.

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