Harold Aaron HAWKES

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Service Number:	7499
Enlisted:	23 April 1917, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	New Norfolk State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, 15th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 24 April 1918
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot1, Row B, Grave 1. Headstone inscription reads: Unitl the dawn breaks and the shadows flee away, Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New Norfolk War Memorial

23 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7499, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7499, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7499, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
23 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7499, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the aarm causing compound fracture

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Son of Sydney James Hawkes and Emily Anne Hawkes, of Stephen Street, New Norfolk, Tasmania. Brother of Hilda Hawkes

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal