George William HAWKES

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Service Number:	619
Enlisted:	5 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swinthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea (HS Derflinger), 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 38 Rev. A.E. Talbot officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

5 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 619, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 619, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 619, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

Son of Mr. & Mrs. W. Hawkes of Southery, Linconshire, England

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