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HAYWARD, Bernard William
| Service Number: | 1047 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood South Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Unknown, Unknown, 16 December 1924 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1047, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1047, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 1047, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1047, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Hayward was born in 1890 at Norwood in South Australia, the son of Dr. W. T. and F. Hayward. He enlisted on the 14th of September in 1914.
Hayward trained in the Mitcham Army Camp in Old Grange South Australia, and he embarked on A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914 with the 10th Battalion E Company. When Hayward left for the war he left behind his Mother and Father. It is believed that he was an only child as there is no record of another sibling. He wrote letters to his parents about how he was doing in the war.
On the 23rd of May 1915, Hayward sustained a gunshot wound to his left forearm. Hayward's service record states that he was thenmoved to Musketry School on the 24th August 1916 and was then promoted to Acting Sergeant from 12th September 1916 to 31st October 1916. However, the disability was seen to be a permanent disability and he returned to Australia on the ship Aeneas departing on the 3rd November 1915.
Once back in Australia he was at the 7 Army Hospital in Keswick South Australia. Hayward was diagnosed with Neurasthenia, a medical condition characterised by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability. He was admitted on the 19th of October in 1916 and discharged on the 7th of November in 1916. He was discharged from the facility because the capacity of the hospital reached its total. On the 10th of March in 1916 Hayward was discharged fron the Australian Army, "having been found medically unfit for further service".
Hayward married Hazel and he died at the age of 34 in 1924.
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