HAWKES, Eric Oswald
Service Numbers: | 78, 2724 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 7th Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Penshurst, Hurstville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bricklayer |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 19 August 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Garden Court, Plot 6 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
9 May 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit | |
1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted for the 2nd time as Sydney, NSW | |
27 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Second time. Embarked HMAT Suffolk at Sydney, NSW | |
13 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Shell wound to the left leg | |
1 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Company Engineers, In France | |
25 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Symonds Hawkes and Jane Hawkes of Penshurst Street, Penshurst, NSW
Apprenticed to Maston & Yates of Sydney for five years prior to enlisting
Returned to Australia aboard HT Ulysses on 15 April 1919
Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Castalia disembarking on 30 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Eric married Catherine A. de Carle in Rockdale, NSW