HAWKE, Arthur Roy
| Service Number: | 285 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 26 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Booleroo Centre, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row S, Grave 38 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booleroo Centre War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, Keswick, South Australia |
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Peacetime
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 28 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A2 Geelong from Adelaide |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 285, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
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| 28 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 285, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 285, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Menin Road |
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NOTE: Born Arthur Raymond Hawke, Book/Page 594/40, but enlisted as Arthur Roy Hawke and was known as 'Roy'. In his records there is a letter form his father verifying that his real name was Arthur Raymond Hawke
Australian Engineers
Service number - 285
Rank - Sapper
18 December 1915 - Disembarked at Suez
10 March 1916 - To Hospital, Mumps at Tel el Kebir
15 March 1916 - Transferred to 5 Division Signals
24 March 1916 - Discharged to unit
25 March 1916 - Taken on strength 5 Division Signals
17 June 1916 - Embarked HT Manitou at Alexandria
25 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles with unit
10 January 1917 - On leave
24 January 1917 - Rejoined unit from leave
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Thomas and Agnes Minnie (nee Will) Hawke
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