James William HAWES

HAWES, James William

    Service Number: 397
    Enlisted: 29 April 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hoxton, London, England, 23 April 1885
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 14 September 1947, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    Wall of Memory, Service area, AIF Panel A, Old Section, Position 0060
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Apr 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 397, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 397, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 397, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    22 May 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 397, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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    Son of Stephen Hawes  and Martha Hawes nee Gander of Hoxton, London England

    Next of kin given as his brother Stephen Frederick Hawes of Balmain Road, Leichhardt, NSW. Also brother Emily Eliza Hawes, Martha Emma Hawes, Henry George Hawes, William Richard Hawes, Edward John Hawes and Florence Alice Hawes

    Returned to Australia on 20 November 1915 aboard HT Suevic

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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