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HAWKES, Eric Oswald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2724 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 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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