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Military service
Service number:
54227
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
March 7, 1892
Death:
March 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. J. 7.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstance of Death Register "Killed in Action" -
Newspaper Clipping
PTE. JOHN HILLSON KILLED On Thursday last week, W.G. Hensman was the recipient of a letter from Rev. A. Carlisle, chaplain of the 18th battalion, stating that Pte. John Hillson had been killed in action a few days previous. Pte. Hillson was one of the Barndardo boy whom Mr. Hensman had raised, and has written regularly of his life in the trenches. He enlisted in Windsor over a year ago, and had been six months in the firing line. Rev. Carlisle wrote that he had conducted himself as a noble soldier and a true man whom they all liked and respected, also that he had been buried in a military cemetery along with 4 of his comrades, quite close to the trench where he met his death. Pte. Hillson was well known in this locality. Source: Unknown. Date published: Possibly March 31, 1916. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
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In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hillson
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Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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