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Alexander Hill

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
773030
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Stump Hall Cemetery (Plymouth Brethren Cemetery), Six Nations, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Cathcart, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
36 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.
Trade or calling: 
Teamster
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
32
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Letters and documents

BX January 25, 1917

Returning Veteran

In all probability Private J.A. Hill of Brantford, returned from the front, will arrive back in the city on Saturday evening. This is thought to be Private Hill of 29 Foster Street. He joined the 38th Duffs in March.

BX January 29, 1917

Did Not Arrive

The local Soldiers’ Aid Commission met the 7.32 G.T.R. train from Toronto last evening to welcome home Pte. A.J. Hill, who arrived in Toronto yesterday with a number of men invalided home from the front. Pte. Hill did not arrive on the 7.32 train, however and the reception committee had a fruitless trip.

BX January 31, 1917

Indian in 125th is invalided

The first member of Brant County’s Own Battalion, the 125th, to be invalided home from the trenches is John Alexander Hill, a member of the Six Nations Indians, who has arrived in the city on leave from the Convalescent home at Toronto. Private Hill was a victim of German gas and although he looks fairly well, since he received the poisonous fumes into his system has been unable to salute, pains in the chest preventing him from lifting his arms above a certain height. He was a member of the first draft that went to France from the 125th Battalion. Previous to enlistment he was employed on a farm near Burford.

BX October 31, 1942

Alexander Hill

Alexander Hill, well-known resident of the Six Nations Reservation, died at his home Friday afternoon. Mr. Hill was fifty-eight years old and was a veteran of the First Great War, serving with the 125th battalion. He was severely gassed while in France, and as a result has been practically an invalid since. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Arthur and Kenneth; both at home, and one daughter, Mrs. Harold Johnson, East Aurora N.Y. The funeral will be held Sunday at a private service at the home of Mrs. Thomas Hill, Medina, being followed by a public service in St. Paul's Church, Sour Springs. Interment will be in the Plymouth Brethren Cemetery.

BX November 2, 1942

Alexander Hill

The funeral of Alexander Hill was conducted Sunday with a public service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, followed by interment in Plymouth Brethren Cemetery.  Rev. J.H. Kerr of St. Paul’s Anglican Church was in charge of the service, assisted by H.N. Cronsbury, Hamilton. The pallbearers were Thomas Hill, William Hill, John Lickers, Harold Johnson, John Miller and Cornelia Everett.

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