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Owen Eugene HAYES

Regimental number4714
Place of birthLogan Village, Queensland
Place of birthLogan Village, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressInglewood, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, James Hayes, Stanley Street, Woollongabba, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date16 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Mooltan on 12 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialVaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Gleneagle Cemetery, Queensland. Parents: James and Mary HAYES, Stanley Street, East Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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