HAYES, Ian Harold
| Service Number: | VX94421 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Vic., 27 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Toolleen, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Toolleen State School, Melbourne Boy's High School, Melbourne University, Ormond College |
| Occupation: | Public Servant - Commonwealth Statist's Office |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Balikpapan, Borneo, 18 July 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery 18 A 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX94421 | |
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| 28 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX94421, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold Sefton Hayes and Edith Mabel Hayes, of South Lockwood, Victoria, Australia. B. Comm.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
KILLED AT BALIKPAPAN
Pte Ian Harold Hayes, 21, youngest son of Mr and Mrs H. S. Hayes, of Lockwood South (formerly of Toolleen), was killed in action at Balikpapan, Borneo, on July l8. Pte Hayes attended Toolleen state school, and later went to Melbourne Boys' High School. He won a free place at Melbourne University and a non - resident scholarship to Ormond College. Becoming a resident of Queen's College he took his degree of Bachelor of Commerce with honours in 1942. He was the first student to gain his degree at the age of 19. Before enlistment he was employed In the Commonwealth Statist's office at Canberra. Pte Hayes' father was an Anzac of the 1914-18 war.
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