| Hilliard | Maurice Alfred | | Captain | HILLIARD, MAURICE ALFRED, Captain, was born at Gladstone, Queensland, 19 March, 1863, third son of Captain W E Hilliard, of Kensington, near Sydney. His grandfathers were Dr Hilliard (a well-known figure with the Warwickshire Hounds) and the Reverend Frederick Deacon, of Leicester. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and at Sydney University, and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Artillery, 1886; and Lieutenant, Illawarra Light Horse, 1887. He was Adjutant, Senior Cadet Battalion, 1891-92. In India, from 1892 to 1894, he was attached 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), and 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment. In 1894 he was appointed to the General Staff; and in 1895 was gazetted Captain. From April 1894 to June 1895, he was Adjutant, 3rd Infantry Regiment, and from 1895 to 1900, Adjutant, 4th Infantry Regiment Captain Hilliard left for South Africa with the 2nd Contingent, New South Wales Mounted Infantry, in 1900. For leading the attack at Vet River, 1900 (Despatches), and for leading the assault at Diamond Hill, 1900 (Despatches), he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19 April, 1901]: "Maurice Alfred Hilliard, Captain, New South Wales Mounted Infantry. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented to him by the Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. Captain Hilliard was on the General Staff, New South Wales Military Forces, and was Adjutant, 1st Infantry Regiment. He died at Sydney, New South Wales, 11 April 1907. Captain Hilliard had married the second daughter of T A Reddall, of Bowral, New South Wales. She died in 1900.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | New South Wales contingent |
