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Military service
Service number:
132620
Age:
38
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
June 23, 1878
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8.A.3.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah Hillyer. Husband of Jane Christina Hillyer of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Corporal Henry James Hillyer
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Photo of Henry Hillyer
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 26. B Company. No 8 Platoon. -
Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Photo of Henry James Hillyer
H J Hillyer, from Liddell family album -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.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) -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is part of the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … Corporal Henry James Hillyer is also buried at Canadian Cemetery No 2, Pas de Calais, France ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Corporal Henry James Hillyer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 256 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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