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Military service
Service number:
83669
Age:
26
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
4th Bde.
Birth:
York Co., Ontario
Death:
March 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 24.
Additional information
Son of James and Sarah J. Hill, of Aurora, Ontario. Native of York Co., Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner John Emmerson Hill
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Photo of JOHN EMERSON HILL
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of John Emerson Hill
This was taken from a photo of J. Hill, Bud Sisley and C Purdon(My Granfather)my Granfather was the only one to survive the war.Taken at Ypres in November 1915. -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of John Hill
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Gnr J. E. Hill 4th Bde C.F.A." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: The Globe Toronto Friday April 14 1916 -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN EMERSON HILL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Emmerson Hill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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