Albert Desmond HAYES

HAYES, Albert Desmond

Service Number: 4809
Enlisted: 4 October 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Dermatological Hospital
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Tasmania, Australia, 31 March 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Cremation service held on 3 April 1980 with the ashes being scattered
Memorials: Queenstown State School WWI Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 4809, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 4809, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
19 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 12th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shrapnel wounds. Invalided to England on 25 August 1916 aboard HS Newhaven
23 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 12th Battalion
19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
29 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Dermatological Hospital, From 12th Battalion
27 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4809, 1st Dermatological Hospital, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert Hayes of Harvey Street, Queenstown, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HS City of Exeter as Australian Medical Corps staff disembarking of 6 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal