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Military service
Service number:
401824
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
February 24, 1890
Death:
May 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 4.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Ellen Shill, of Montreal; husband of Florence Amy Stepto (formerly Shill) of 42 Suffolk Rd., Milton, Portsmouth, England.
Corporal Herbert Shill, who died while serving with the Canadian Engineers.
Digital gallery of Private John B Shill
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Photo of John Shill
John Shill, known as Jack. Photo taken in Basingstoke, England and sent to family in Canada. -
Brother Herbert Shill
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private John B Shill
Digital gallery of
Private John B Shill
Digital gallery of
Private John B Shill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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