Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 17/03/1916
- Date of Discharge
- 06/07/1917
- Place of Enlistment
- Goulburn NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Woolwich, England
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Clerk
- Next of Kin
- Harold Hancock (friend), Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 2671
- Final Rank
- Private
- Final Unit
- 55 Battalion AIF
Notes
Hayes was a groom and orderly at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from September 1912 until he enlisted on 17 March 1916 in Goulburn at 40 years of age. He had spent over 18 years in the Royal Field Artillery and was consequently appointed as acting Sergeant in the 55th Battalion. He arrived in England in November 1916 but developed chronic bronchitis and emphysema causing him to return to Australia where he was discharged on 7 July 1917. He did not serve on the front line.
Description - height 5 feet 6½ inches, weight 125 pounds, chest 34-35 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair, Catholic.
Sources
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queanbeyan Age - 21 March 1916