Hillary Robert OZARD

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Service Number:	167
Enlisted:	19 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Blacksmith
Last Unit:	6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Methodist New Section 3C, Zone F, Grave 468
Memorials:	Haymarket Railways Blacksmiths Honour Roll

19 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 167, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement 167, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked 167, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
26 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, From Railway Unit
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Blacksmith, 167, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Hillary Robert Ozard and Margaret T. Ozard of Eatonville Parade, Croydon, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. Hillary was also awarded the French Medaille de Sauvetage for courage and devotion to duty.

During 1919c Hillary married Florence E. Williams in Ashfield, NSW