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HAYES, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 553 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lavender Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 553, 1st Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 553, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 553, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 10 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company , From 1st Machine Gun Company | |
| 8 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 10 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 553, 21st Machine Gun Company , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to shell concussion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John Hayes and Martha A. Hayes of Lavender Street, Lavender Bay, NSW formerly of Parkes NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembaking on 8 June 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal