Arthur James HAYES

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Service Number:	234
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1895
Home Town:	Sandy Creek, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 234, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
29 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
12 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 234, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 234, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
27 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 234, 17th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 30 August 1915 aboard HS
23 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 234, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Herbert Arthur Hayes and Caroline Hayes of 'Red Bluff', Sandy Creek, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 11 March 1916 aboard HT Suevic as wounded disembarking on 22 April 1916

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