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Edward HAYES

Regimental number2427
Place of birthLatrobe, Tasmania
SchoolWynyard State School, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressLeongatha, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Hayes, Wynyard, Tasmania
Enlistment date3 June 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds; buried at St. Lever Cemetery, Rouen.
FateDied of wounds 7 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VII, row E, Grave No. 4), rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Sarah HAYES, Dodgin Street, Wynyard, Tasmania. Native of LaTrobe, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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