Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894 - 1938)

Born 16 May 1894 in Bungaree homestead, near Clare, South Australia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 25 Nov 1938 at age 44 in Crash site of the Kyeema, Mount Dandenong, Victoria [uncertain]

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Biography

Charles Hawker was born in South Australia, Australia

Charles Hawker was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Charles Allan Seymour Hawker attended the Geelong Church of England Grammar School and alter attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1913 eventually earning Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1919 and 1922, respectively.

From the Parliament of Australia website we see the following about Charles Hawker's Military Service in World War I:

Charles Hawker (MP [Wakefield, SA], NAT/UAP, 1929–1938)

Hawker enlisted for war service in 1914 while in England and became a temporary Lieutenant in the 6th (Service) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. He was wounded at Ypres in May 1915 and again at Loos the following month, in which he lost an eye. Despite being classified medically unfit, he insisted on returning to the Western Front. Hawker was again wounded in October 1917 at the 3rd battle of Ypres and was paralysed from the waist down. Numerous operations allowed him to walk with the aid of sticks, although his legs were to remain in surgical irons for the rest of his life.

During his parliamentary career he served in 1932 as Minister for Repatriation; for Markets; and for Commerce.

Charles Allan Seymour Hawker MHR was killed in the Kyeema airplane disaster near Mount Dandenong, Victoria in October 1938.

A memorial was established at St Michael's Anglican Church at Bungaree in South Australia.

Charles Hawker is Notable.

Sources

1. ↑ Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) Sat 26 May 1894

• Birth South Australia BDM - Birth Reg #543 366 District of Clare - Given Name(s): Charles Allan Seymour Last Name: HAWKER Birth Date: 1894, May 16 Gender: M Father: Michael Seymour HAWKER Mother: Elizabeth Begg MCFARLANE Birth Place/Residence: Bungaree

• Victoria BDM - Death Reg #1311 / 1939

• Burial -Given Name(s): Charles Allan Seymour Surname: HAWKER Death Date: 1938 Age: Relations: Son of M S & E B Cemetery: St Michael's Anglican Cemetery (Bungaree) Notes: Born 1894 killed in the Kyeema plane disaster

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 June 2023), memorial page for Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894–1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #183318128, citing St Michaels Anglican Church Cemetery, Bungaree, District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Krutz (contributor 48848074).

• Charles Hawker Wikipedia

• Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wed 21 Dec 1938

• 18 KILLED IN WORST AIR SMASH from the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) of Thursday 27 October 1938, Page 42. first accessed on TROVE on the 18th of June, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92434437

• Clue In Final Log Entry from the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) of Thursday 27 October 1938, Page 42. first accessed on TROVE on the 18th of June, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92434436?

• STATE PARLIAMENT PAYS TRIBUTE from the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) of Thursday 27 October 1938, Page 42. first accessed on TROVE on the 18th of June, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92434432?

• DEEP SHOCK IN CANBERRA from the Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) of Thursday 27 October 1938, Page 42. first accessed on TROVE on the 18th of June, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92434433?

• Dirk Van Dissel, Hawker, Charles Allan (1894–1938), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hawker-charles-allan-6603/text11371, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 18 June 2023.

• Church,Nathan, Gobbett, Hannah, Lumb, Martin and Lundie, Rob, 19 September 2014, Commonwealth Members of Parliament who have served in war: Colonial wars and the First World War from the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security and Politics and Public Administration Sections first accessed online on the 18th of June, 2023 at: https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1415/MPsWarService#_ftn121