Cecil John Harold HAYES

HAYES, Cecil John Harold

Service Numbers: 3836, 25824
Enlisted: 5 July 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria. Enlisted under the name of Harold Cecil John Hayes
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
Born: Yarragon, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town: North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3836, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria. Enlisted under the name of Harold Cecil John Hayes
21 Feb 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3836, Discharged at Broadmeadows, Victoria a medically unfit
27 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25824, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade. Appointed Driver when taken on strength
1 Aug 1916: Involvement Gunner, 25824, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916: Embarked Gunner, 25824, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
7 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 57th Infantry Battalion
2 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
14 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 25824, 2nd Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Trench Fever

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Hayes and Annie Hayes nee Walsh of Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, Victoria formerly of Yarragon, Victoria

Returned to Australia 4 February 1919 aboard HT Mamari

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Cecil married Frances Butler in Victoria

In 1937 Cecil was residing in Phillip Street, Redfern, NSW