William Henry HAYES MM

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Service Number:	82
Enlisted:	30 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Moama, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Moama, Riverina, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Echuca War Memorial

30 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 82, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 82, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 82, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 82, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Shrapnel wound to the arm.
23 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, At Sir-et-Maler
18 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
30 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
29 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For bravery in the field. London Gazette on 29 August 1918, page 10141, position 60 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 January 1919, page 2, position 27
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 82, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Dennis Hayes and Mary Hayes of Moama, NSW

Next of kin given as his step mother Mary Hayes of Warden Street, Moama

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin diembarking on 21 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1922c William married Kathleen M. O'Halloran in Moama, NSW