Esmonde Villis HAYES

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Service Number:	20086
Enlisted:	30 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Noumea, New Caledonia, France, 1897
Home Town:	Tongala, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Memorials:

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20086, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 20086, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 20086, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
5 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 23rd Field Artillery Brigade (disbanded Jan 1917), From 8th Field Artillery Brigade
6 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
10 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column with the rank of Driver
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 20086, 8 Field Regiment AMF, Remained on duty
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20086, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged in London, England, unit demobilised

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Son of George Payne Hayes and Isabel of Tongala, Victoria formerly of Nounea, New Caledonia

Between 28 May 1919 and 28 August 1919 he gained experience in Motor Engineering with Sheffield Simplex Motor Works at Tinsley, Sheffield, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal