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Harold Aaron HAWKES

Regimental number7499
Place of birthNew Norfolk, Tasmania
SchoolNew Norfolk State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressNew Norfolk, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, S J Hawkes, Stephen Street, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Enlistment date23 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
66
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sydney and Emily HAWKES, Stephen Street, New Norfork, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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