George Hayes

1892-1942

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60409

About

Born in Australia

18 March 1892
Parents

Mother

Millie Hayes

Father

Jim Hayes

Settled in New Zealand

1911
Residence

Hometown

Blackball
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Blackball Coal Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 49

7 January 1942

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5539 101/0052559, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “George Hayes (1892-1942)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/367