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HAYS, Reginald Gillespie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2066 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, March 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Anglican area, Section B, Grave 380 |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2066, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2066, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 15 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Shell shock | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Evans Hays and Ellen Hays of 'Stone Botter', Uralla, NSW
During 1907c Reginald married Marion M. Hays nee Morse in Armidale, NSW. Marion died in 1910c in Armidale
Commenced return to Australia via America(at own Expense) on 26 November 1917 aboard SS St. Louis the transhipped to Sierra disembarking on 22 January 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal