Francis Reginald HAYS

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	18 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1875
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Rugby, England; Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
5 Aug 1916:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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Son of Walter Enoch Price Hays and Marion Elizabeth Hays nee Henfrey of Townsville, Queensland

At the time of enlisting he was employed with the Home Affairs Stores and Accounts Department (Railways)

Husband of Agnes Hays of Havelock Street, St. Kilda, Victoria later of Toowong, QLD. Father of Sybil P. Hays

Previously served in the Boer War for two and a half years with the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles rank of Private and service number 319

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal