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• Name HILL
• Initials JE
• First name JOHN EMERSON
• Place of birth Goodwood
• Country York, Ontario
• Family Son of James and Sarah J. Hill, of Aurora, Ontario
• Education Aurora high school; University College of Toronto 1911-1915 (Pol. Science)
• Profession Student

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 20 February 1915
• Service number 83669
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 4th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France September 1915

Death

• Wounded 27 March, St.Eloi, in the communication trench
• Type of wounds Wounded in the spine by a shell, died at n°17 CCS. (War diary n°17 CCS: Died of gunshot wounds to the head and neck.)
• Date of death 28 March 1916
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - B - 24

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