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GAYLARD Morris Hughes

Service: Army 65 Australian Mob SL STY
Service number: VX121244
Locality on Enlistment: Glenferrie
Duration of Service: 28 Jul 1942 – 11 Dec 1944
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for Display
Date and Place of Birth: 18 Apr 1918 Colac
Parents: George Alexander GAYLARD and Florence Henrietta LANE
Spouse: Mabel Rose RANDELL
School/s: Auburn Primary School and Swinburne
Occupation: Printer, Letter Press Machinist
Date and Place of Death: 4 Jun 2011 Boronia
Place of Burial: Springvale Crematorium

NOTES: Morris was an Instructor in the mechanics and care of trucks in the first part of his service with 53 Anti Aircraft Battery at Maribyrnong then transferred to 65 Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery serving in Darwin.