Watkin Williams HAWKE MM

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Service Number:	2260
Enlisted:	6 June 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1894
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Store Keeper
Died:	Shell wounds, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 6 November 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial LVII. B. 18. Originally buried at Kink Corner Cemetery, Zonnebeke.
Memorials:	Gunnedah Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Manly War Memorial NSW, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial

6 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2260
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2260, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2260, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2260, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2260, 4th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW thigh
18 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2260, 4th Infantry Battalion, Bruised neck - remained on duty
28 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
30 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
24 Mar 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For courage and skill with great dash and boldness on the morning of 2 March 1917, north east of La Barque, in handling his Lewis gun when advanced parties were attacked by strong hostile enemy parties. Due to his enterprise the enemy was dispersed and numbers of them killed.
22 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Zonnebeke, Shell wounds - hit twice.

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