George HAYS

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Service Number:	2591
Enlisted:	29 May 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1895
Home Town:	Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1983, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

29 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2591, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2591, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
10 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion
9 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Accidentally wounded but remained on duty
16 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 22 November 1916 aboard HS Carisbrook Castle
16 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2591, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Born George Gladstone Hays

Son of Joseph Job Hays and Mary Lofts Hays nee Rawlins of Finney Road, Indoorapilly, QLD

Apprenticed to D. Houston of QLD for two and a half years

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Cluny Castle disembarking on 21 May 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 18 February 1922 George married Isabella Houston in Queensland