William Louis HAYES

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Service Number:	9603
Enlisted:	3 July 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	War service related, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, 1923
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

3 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9603, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 May 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 9603, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 9603, Tunnelling Companies, RMS Osterley, Sydney
9 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
24 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 9603, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District due to being medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his brother Robert Michael Hayes of Station Street, Carlton, Victoria; also brother of George Hayes

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HS Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal