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Private ROBERT HILLYAR

Service Number: 5724984
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. K. 22.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William H. and Maria J. Hillyar, of Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOLD HIM IN THINE ARMS DEAR FATHER THAT HE MAY BE A MESSENGER BETWEEN THEE AND US
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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