Kevin Patrick HAYES

HAYES, Kevin Patrick

Service Number: QX5212
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born: Harrisville, Qld., 31 May 1916
Home Town: Annerley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Permanent Soldier
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, New Guinea, 19 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Harrisville Memorial Gates
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, QX5212
27 May 1940: Enlisted
27 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX5212, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Brisbane, Qld.
19 Dec 1942: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Patrick and Eller Hayes; husband of Muriel Hayes, of Annerley, Queensland.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER

CPL. K. P. HAYES KILLED
IN ACTION
WARRILL VIEW. Feb. 15th
Cr. J. P. Hayes, of Warrlll View, has been advised that his eldest son, Corporal Kevin P. Hayes. has been killed in action in New Guinea.  Corporal Hayes  served four years with the Remount Depot at Enoggera and Fort Lytton in the training of military horses. In April, 1940 he enlisted as a trooper in the 7th Division Cavalry Regiment and saw service in Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, and Syria. He returned to Australia in April, 1942 and left for New Guinea in  October, 1942. Shortly before, his regiment was ordered to New Guinea he married Miss Betty Carnegie, daughter of Major and Mrs. Carnegie, of  Annerley. A younger brother Driver V. J. Hayes is a member ot an A.I.F. unit.

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