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HAWARD, Martin Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 17859 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1917, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | French Island, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Died: | Rosanna, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Roman Catholic area E, Grave 621X. Interred on 14 May 1947. Also in the same grave is his wife Helena |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Yarraville, Victoria | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 17859, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 24 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France | |
| 31 Dec 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 17859, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herbert Robertson Haward and Annie Haward nee Davoren of Melbourne, Victoria. Brother of Maurice Oliver Haward , Genevieve Haward, John Davoren Haward, Florence Mary Haward, Alphonsus Herbert Haward, Marguerite Haward, Reginald Haward, Mary Agnes Haward and George Frederick
Husband of Helena Haward nee Murphy of Paisley Street, Footscray, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 1 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal