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HAWKES, Frederick Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5728 |
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Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | New Southgate, London, England, 1895 |
Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 August 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 19. Headstone inscription reads: A loved and only son duty nobly done, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Leederville St Barnabas Anglican Church Honour WW1 Board, West Leederville War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5728, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5728, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5728, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5728, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the foot. Transferred to England aboard HS Grantully Castle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 16 years. Son of William Hawkes and Mary Elizabeth Hawkes of Southport Street, Leederville, WA formerly of Cambridge Street, Leederville, WA
Previously served in the Citizen Military Forces
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal