HILLYAR, Harold Unwin
| Service Number: | 7490 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 March 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7490, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 7490, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 7490, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 30 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 7490, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7490 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold Unwin Hillyar was taken on strength of the 34th Battalion in France during late November 1916. He was killed in action only months later, and in service file it states he was buried on the outskirts of Cachy, on the road to Villers-Bretonneux, which is only 3.5 kilometres away. His grave was subsequently lost.
His younger brother, 2152 Cpl. Alexander Unwin Hillyar 53rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fromelles 19 July 1916, aged 20.
Their parents were Henry Unwin and Lydia Jane (Lily) Unwin of Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW. The father worked or owned the Union Marine Insurance Company and wrote many letters to the AIF regarding his sons, always stressing replies be sent to his company address and not his home address in order that is his wife would not receive any distressing news.