John James HAYES

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Service Number:	1938
Enlisted:	28 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bassendean, Western Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance. Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden M, Plot 0135
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1938, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1938, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1938, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 44th Infantry Battalion, In England. From 51st Battalion
9 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1938, 44th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left side
7 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1938, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to hernia

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Son of Walker Neville Hayes and Mary Jane Hayes nee Bull of Clunes, Victoria

Husband of Ethel Clara Hayes nee Hooper of Wellington Street, Northam, WA. John and Ethel married in Northam during 1914c

Comenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT City of York disembarking on 18 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal