Regimental number | 4221 |
Place of birth | Concord, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Five Dock Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bag merchant |
Address | Five Dock, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 4.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, F G Hales, Five Dock, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4221A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | A youth of exuberant patriotism and possessing the characteristics of an ideal citizen which was prevented from manifested fruition by an untimely end. (details from father) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 159 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Catherine HALES, Queen's Road, Five Dock, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 1240414: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HALES Arthur Ernest
Red Cross file 1240414 |