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  • Harold Unwin Hillyar †

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Born: 26 July 1892

Died: 30 March 1918

A station overseer who enlisted in the AIF on 19 June 1916. He embarked for England on 10 May and arrived on 20 July 1917.

He joined the 34th Battalion in France on 21 November 1917. He was killed in action on 30 March 1918 when the battalion was counter-attacking German lines at Hangard Wood about 4km south of Villers-Bretonneux. [JSB]

Name recorded
  • Harold Unwin Hillyar
Service number
  • Service number 7490
Rank
  • Held rank of Private
Birth record
  • 26 July 1892 in Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Death records
  • Died on service
  • 30 March 1918 in Hangard, Somme, France
Address
  • Plaistowe, Spofforth Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - Henry Unwin Hillyar
  • Mother - Lydia Jane Moss
  • Brother - Alexander Unwin Hillyar †
Organisation
  • 34th Battalion, AIF
Main sources
  • HILLYAR Harold Unwin : Service Number - 7490 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) HILLYAR Henry Unwin (NAA file)
  • First World War Embarkation Roll: Harold Unwin Hillyar (website)
  • Roll of Honour: Harold Unwin Hillyar (webpage)
  • Commonwealth War Graves: Harold Unwin Hillyar (website)
  • WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED. (webpage)
  • ROLL OF HONOUR. [Death Notice] (webpage)
  • 393RD CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. KILLED. (webpage)
Commemorations
  • HILLYAR H. U. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
  • Hillyar, H N on the St Peter's Anglican Church World War 1 Honour Roll

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