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Roger Whitman Hillis

In memory of:

Private Roger Whitman Hillis

June 3, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2137468

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 6, 1894
Cleveland, Ohio

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hillis, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 429 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. N. 1.

Location:

Bellacourt is a village in the commune of Riviere, in the Departement of the Pas de Calais, 10 kilometres south-west of Arras. Visitors should take the N25, Arras to Coullens main road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D34 to Riviere, fork right onto the D7, still in the direction of Riviere, and then turn left to the cemetery as indicated by the CWGC sign.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 28, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y174uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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