Richard John HAYES

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Service Number:	16486
Enlisted:	2 September 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1884
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 September 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

2 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 16486, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 16486, Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 16486, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
23 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers
12 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 16486, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16486 awm_unit: 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-12

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Son of Timothy Hayes and Mary Hayes nee Merrick of Townsville, QLD

Next of kin given as his sister Mary Kathleen Quillinan of Mackay, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal