Private Harry Hill
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1886-09-17
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Rev. William H Hill, Macon, Illinois, U.S.A.
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Cigar Maker
Occupation (normalized): Cigar Maker (Hand)
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII. A. 171.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 147551
Highest Rank:
Private
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Tetanus supervening (Gunshot wounds head, right arm, and left leg) at No. 13 General Hospital, Bolougne. Apparently wounded about Mar 25th.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 167995
LAC ID:
466141
Service file: B4351-S018
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Hill, of London, England.
Previous service: 100th Winnipeg Grenadiers militia
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-25