Robert HAWES

HAWES, Robert

Service Number: 776
Enlisted: 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, England, 9 March 1892
Home Town: Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 7 September 1921, aged 29 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

26 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 776, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 776, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 776, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
18 Jan 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
12 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 776, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
11 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), In the field
5 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
11 Apr 1917: Imprisoned Dernancourt/Ancre, Captured as wounded (right shoulder/neck). Interned at Munster Camp
23 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 776, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Hawes and Mary Ann Hawes nee Bennett of Somerset Place Wellington Street, Slough, England. Brother of James Hawes, William Hawes, Emily L. Hawes, Amelia J. Hawes, Florence Caroline Hawes, George Hawes and Ellen Hawes

Commenced return to Australia on 16 March 1919 aboard Czaritga (wounded) then transhipped aboard HT Dunluce Castle disembarkng on 7 May 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal