Reginald Gillespie HAYS [16799]

  General Notes:

Reginald Gillespie Hays
Birth Date: 1875
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1875
Registration Place: Cassilis, New South Wales, Australia
Father: Arthur Evans Hays
Mother: Ellen
Registration Number: 9735

Sands Directories 1910
Hays Reginald G Stony Batter Uralla
Stock:
46 Horses
236 Cattle
27,000 Sheep.

Reginald Gillespie
Last nameHays
Year1913
OccupationGrazier
AddressHall's Creek
PlaceHall's Creek
DistrictBingara
Sub-districtHall's Creek
Number101
StateNew South Wales
CountryAustralia
Page2
Record setAustralia Electoral Rolls

Australian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918
First name(s)Reginald Gillespie
Last nameHays
Service number2066
RankPrivate
Birth year1874
Marital statusSingle
OccupationGrazier
ReligionChurch of England
Age at Embarkation42
Embarkation year1916
Embarkation date24 Aug 1916
Embarkation regiment/unit9Th Infantry Brigade
Unit information33rd Infantry Battalion
Unit information 23rd Reinforcements
Departure portSydney, New South Wales
Ship nameHmat A68, Anchises
Enlistment date04 Apr 1916
AddressPO
CityArmidale
StateNew South Wales
CountryAustralia
Next of kin's first name(s)Ellen
Next of kin's last nameHays
Next of kin titleMrs
RelationshipMother
Next of kin addressStony Batter
Next of kin cityUralla
Next of kin stateNEW SOUTH WALES
Next of kin countryAUSTRALIA
Record setAustralian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918
CategoryArmed Forces & Conflict
SubcategoryRegimental & Service Records
Collections fromAustralasia

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Reginald Gillespie Hayes
Soldier
Arrival Date: 10 Dec 1917
Birth Date: abt 1874
Birth Location: Australia
Birth Location Other: merriwa
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Australian
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York (Transit)
Ship Name: St Louis

Unassisted Passenger
Record setNew South Wales Passenger Lists
First name(s)Reginald
Last nameHays
Year1918
VesselS S Sierra
Departure portSan Francisco & Honolulu Paga Pago
Arrival portSydney, New South Wales
Arrival date22 Jan 1918
Seaman or passengerPassenger
State Records Authority of New South Wales
Reginald was discharged unfit for military service in 1918 with shell shock.

Australian Electoral Roll 1930 & 1932 & 1935 & 1936 & 1937
Reginald Gillespie Hays
Orton Park, Bathurst NSW.
Retired

Reginald Gillespie Hays
Residence Place: Roseville
Death Date: 26 Mar 1941
Occupation: Retd Grazier
Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958

Reginald G Hays
Birth Date: 1876
Death Date: Mar 1941
Cemetery: Field of Mars Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Reginald's Will dated 12 June 1924 leaves his estate to his wife Minnie Garland who with his solicitor are executors.
Proved 1 Jul 1941 for £6288 19s 6d

  Research Notes:

Reginald, was an ornithologist and associated with another well known ornithological identity (Frederick Charles Morse).

I have recently published an account of Reginald in my book - Passions in Ornithology: A Century of Australian Egg Collectors and am about to include a edited update in my Supplementary Edition to be published in April.
Ref: Ian Mason - 2021

Reginalds Bible images courtesy of Kathy Young 2023.

  Other Records

1. Reginald Gillespie Hays: Service Records.

Reginald married Marion May MORSE [16800] [MRIN: 6020], daughter of George Philip MORSE [16802] and Mary SPERLING [16803], on 17 Apr 1907 in St Peters Armidale NSW. (Marion May MORSE [16800] was born in 1876 in Armidale NSW and died on 7 Aug 1910 in Armidale NSW.)

Reginald next married Minnie Garland CLAYTON [16801] [MRIN: 6021] in 1924 in Sydney NSW Australia. (Minnie Garland CLAYTON [16801] was born in 1881 in Murrumburrah NSW and died in 1976 in Wahroonga NSW AUS.)