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Service Number:	2900
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Place of enlistment unknown
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Memorials:

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2900, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment unknown
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2900, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2900, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2900, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Sell shock. Embarked for England aboard HS St. George on 27 July 1917
26 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2900, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to shell shock

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Son of John Hayes of Liverpool, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 25 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal