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Military service
Service number:
3314330
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
September 6, 1887
Milton, Halton, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 23, 1918
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Death:
September 30, 1918
Blécourt, France
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Son of John Hilson and Margaret Tebo, of Milton, Alton, Ontario.
Soon after his arrival in France, Frederick was part of a group of Anglophones who, 6 September 1918, were transferred by error to the 22nd Battalion. On the 14th of the same month, he was re-transferred to the 87th Battalion, an Anglophone unit, and two weeks later, he was reported missing in action.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Private Thomas Frederick Hilson
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Frederick Hilson
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Frederick Hilson
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Frederick Hilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 429 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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