Regimental number | 733 |
Place of birth | Burketown, North Queensland |
School | Christian Brothers |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Accountant |
Address | Stanwell, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Hawley, Nell Cool Siding, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 3, Reinforcement 13 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/8/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Native of North Queensland. Drowned after ariving Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone last place he saw land, first place he saw snow |
Fate | Drowned |
Age at death | 28 |
Commemoration details | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Accidentlly drowned |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1545 Sergeant Patrick Francis HAWLEY, 8th Trench Mortar Battery, killed in action, 27 September 1917. |
Other details | Medal: British War Medal |