Harold HAWKES

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Service Number:	2185
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Provost Corps
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labouer
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2185, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 2185, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 2185, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
22 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps , Promoted when taken on strength
23 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2185, Australian Provost Corps , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George Hawkes and Elizabeth Hawkes of Geelong, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother W. Hawkes of Bunbury, WA later changed to his wife D. Hawkes of Sussex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 January 1919

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

Husband of Alice M. Hawkes of Sydney. Harold and Alice married during 1934c

In 1954 Harold was residing in Rockdale, NSW