John Edward HAWES

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Service Number:	5386
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bethnall Green, London, England, 1881
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Night Watchman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5386, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5386, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5386, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5386, 45th Infantry Battalion , Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5386 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08

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Next of kin given as his only brother Stephen Hawes of Balmain Road, Rozelle, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal