| 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 |