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HAWKESFORD, Horace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 15432 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps AIF |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Trinity Hill State School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Malignant Malaria, 32nd Casualty Clearing Station, 24 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Beirut War Cemetery 343 Reverend C.Cowland Cooper officiated, Beirut War Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Federal Street Mission Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15432, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15432, Australian Army Service Corps AIF, Melbourne on board HMT Indarra. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15432, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George John Edward Hawkesford and Amelia Emily Hawkesford of Hobart, Tasmania.
Brother of Belbin Hawkesford MM who returned to Australia in February 1919 having served with the 52nd Battalion; Sydney Montague Hawkesford who return to Australia in March 1919 having served with the 3rd Australian General Hospital; Milford George Hawkesford who disembarked on 15 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania having served with the Army Medical Corps
Husband of Doris Hawkesford of Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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