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HOZACK, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 705 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Paisley, Scotland , April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Miranda, New South Wales, 27 June 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 705, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 705, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 705, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
Personal Stories
Met is wife through the war
705 Gunner, Robert Hozack was wounded in action during WW1 and sent to Hospital for treatment and recovery. He received a care package from Australia with some socks in it and found a small note with a name and address (Betsy Ryan of Loch in Victoria).
Robert and her corresponded for the duration of the war and on his return to Australia in 1919 he travelled from his home in Sydney to Loch and met and married Betsy Ryan, they had 3 boys Robert John Hozack, Harold Walton Hozack and Ronald Joseph Hozack (my Father)
Submitted 24 February 2024 by ron Hozack
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