Eric Oswald HAWKES

HAWKES, Eric Oswald

Service Number: 2724
Enlisted: 19 August 1914
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 7th Field Company Engineers
Born: Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1893
Home Town: Penshurst, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bricklayer
Died: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1979, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers
22 Dec 1915: Embarked Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
22 Dec 1915: Involvement Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
29 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Returned to unit
13 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Merris (France), Record only says France. No campaign mentioned retirned to unit 9/1/1918
1 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Company Engineers
13 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Sick in hospital for 7 days 27/6/1918 to 4/7/1918 . Appears back to unit 9/1/1918 in Havre. ...hard to read notes then shipped home medically unfit.

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