HAWKESFORD, Belbin
| Service Number: | 2251 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 24 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Tasmania, Australia, 8 November 1984, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, rose Garden B43, Plot 3 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Federal Street Mission Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2251, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2251, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2251, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion | |
| 6 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 21 August 1917, page 8647, position 16 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1917, page 3378, position 151 | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2251, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Serious wound to the chin. Embarked HS Newhaven for England on 9 April 1918 | |
| 30 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2251, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Hawkesford and Emily Amelia Hawkesford of 28 Federal Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Brother of Horace Hawkesford who died on Malaria on 24 October 1918 while serving with the Australian Service Corps (Supply) and is buried in the Beirut British War Cemetery Grave 343, Sydney Montague Hawkesford who return to Australia in March 1919 having served with the 3rd Australian General Hospital; Milford George Hawkesford who disembarked on 15 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania having served with the Army Medical Corps
Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 23 February 1919
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal