Eric Oswald HAWKES

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HAWKES, Eric Oswald

Service Numbers:	2724, 78
Enlisted:	19 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
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:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Garden Court, Plot 6
Memorials:	Rockdale Municipal Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers
19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney
9 May 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 78, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit
1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted for the 2nd time as Sydney, NSW
27 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Second time. Embarked HMAT Suffolk at Sydney, NSW
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: ''
22 Dec 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
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, Shell wound to the left leg
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
1 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Company Engineers, In France
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.
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2724, 7th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Symonds Hawkes and Jane Hawkes of Penshurst Street, Penshurst, NSW

Apprenticed to Maston & Yates of Sydney for five years prior to enlisting

Returned to Australia aboard HT Ulysses on 15 April 1919

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Castalia disembarking on 30 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1920c Eric married Catherine A. de Carle in Rockdale, NSW

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