Sydney Joseph HAYES

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Service Numbers:	6870, 6870A
Enlisted:	17 July 1917, Enlisted at Carlton, Victoria. Letter A added to the service number prior to embarkation now 6870A
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 24 January 1898
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Memorials:

17 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6870, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Carlton, Victoria. Letter A added to the service number prior to embarkation now 6870A
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6870A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6870A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6870A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to flat feet

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Son of William Hayes and Florence Dorothy Hayes of Station Street, Carlton, Victoria

Returned to Austalia on 1 August 1918 aboard HT Essex

Medal: British War Medal

Post war he was employed by the Victorian Foresty Commission