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HILLARD, Ivan Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2468 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Stone Hut, South Australia, 10 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Laura, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | South Australia, 8 August 1942, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Ivan is buried with his Wife, Olga Emily (nee Hann). His daughter (Dorothy)Joan and her Husband Harold Leslie McInerney's ashes are interred with them, at Cheltenham Cemetery. His other daughter,(Thelma)Dawn, and her husband, Thomas John McInerney, are buried together at Centennial Park Cemetery. |
| Memorials: | Gladstone Town and District WW1 Honour Roll, Laura Public School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2468, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Wounded 2468, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell wound (back) | |
| 26 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2468, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Personal Stories
Armistice Day picture postcard
This picture postcard was sent to Ivan's family and passed on to me (his granddaughter). A friend kindly restored the photo for me.
On the back the postcard reads:
4th Aus Pioneer Battalion
Medical Details Staff
From Left to Right
Standing Corporal Tom (Ivan was known as Tom and Tody) Hillard. Pte Bert Fowler. Pte Bert Holbrook
Sitting Pte Jack Watson. Pte Bill Pennycook. Pte Bill Thompson-Boyde. Pte Dick Morgan
This was taken the day the Armistice was signed and we were as we look.
It is then signed Love from Tom x
Submitted 29 November 2018 by Kathryn McInerney
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