HAYHURST, Stephen Calvin
Service Number: | 6091 |
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Enlisted: | 19 June 1916, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | London, England, 1879 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | England |
Occupation: | Printer |
Died: | Sydney, NSW, 28 August 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Jubilee Walls, Wall F, Position 50 |
Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6091, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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31 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6091, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
31 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6091, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Ann Jane Hayhurst, Cooper Street, Randwick, New South Wales
Born in 1879 in London, and educated there, he joined the machine department of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1907.
In June, 1916, he enlisted in the Infantry with two other comrades from the machine room - E Webster and the late Joseph Heady - and took part in much fighting on the Western Front till wounded at Bullecourt in May, 1917. He lost the sight of his left eye.