HAYWARD, George Leslie
| Service Number: | 1135 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF) |
| Born: | East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Council School, St James, Tunbridge Wells |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli memorial reference: H. 6. INSCRIPTION FROM THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, HE PASSED TO GOD HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1135, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1135, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 4 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 1135, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1135 awm_unit: No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of George and Nancy L. C. Hayward, of 6, Mountfield Rd., Tunbridge Wells, England.
He is commemorated on the Tunbridge Wells war memorial and on a plaque at St James Church as George Hayward.
INSCRIPTION on his wargrave:
FROM THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, HE PASSED TO GOD HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1892 Hayward George Leslie E. Grinstead 2b 153.
1st Australian Stationary Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
Age on arrival in Australia 19
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs Nancy Lovegrove Hayward, 6 Mountfield Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Enlistment date 24 September 1914.
Age at embarkation 22
AWM Embarkation Roll number 26/70/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 5 December 1914.
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
I may say my dear son's time while in the Colony for the most part was spent in Northern South Australia sheep farming at Lilydale Station also at Muniferuie Station. Mr Preed of 109 Cambridge Terrace, Malvern S.A. knew him well and was with him at Lemnos while on active service.
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