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HAWSE, Russell Highfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 967 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Freshwater Creek, Surf Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Collingwood State School, Collingwood, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Plot X1V, Row E, Grave 22 Headstone inscription reads: He lived how he died A man, Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Freshwater Creek Roll of Honor, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window, Torquay Point Danger War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 967, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 967, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 967, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 967, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left foot. Invalided to England on 7 August 1916 | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 967, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 967 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
His record search on the NAA sire has his name spelt Russel Highfied Hawse
Son of John Recther Hawse and Eveis Isabella Hawse nee Grieve of Freshwater Creek, Geelong, Victoria later of 92 McPherson Street, Moone Ponds, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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