Frederick Henry HAWKES

Regimental number5728
Place of birthNew Southgate, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address17 Cambridge Street, Leederville, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, William Hawkes, 17 Cambridge Street, Leederville, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 August 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMessines ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 19), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary HAWKES, 32 Southport Street, Leederville, Western Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal