Regimental number | 252 |
Place of birth | Geelong Vic |
School | Geelong College and School of Mines, Ballarat, Victoria |
Other training | Chemistry |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Metallurgist assayer |
Address | 127 Fyans Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Edwin Hawkesworth, 127 Fyans Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Trench Mortar Battery |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 16th August, 1814 at Geelong. Left with the 1st Division, 1914 and landed at Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915. Went through the War and died at the Military Hospital, Devenport of Influenza a few days before the armistice. We was woulded at Cape Helles and afterwards at Broodscinde, Passchendaele, France. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Devonport |
Age at death | 37 |
Place of burial | Efford Cemetery (Church C, 4779), Plymouth, Devonshire |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 20 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edwin and Mary HAWKESWORTH, Ryan's Street, Marnock Vale, Geelong, Victoria |