George Robert Hine

Rank:

Driver

Regimental number:

1026

Unit at enlistment:

54th Batt

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Wandsworth, Battersee

Address at enlistment:

29 Durham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

29 Durham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Teamster

Employer:

Gibson Coal Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX September 29, 1914

Sergeant Henry Richard Bolton and Driver George Robert Hine, of the 32nd Battery, C.F.A. who went from this city to join the Canadian contingent at Valcartier, have returned to the city, Sergeant Bolton was taken down while at camp with an attack of appendicitis, while Driver Hines, while attending to horses, strained a wound received in a previous operation in the old land.

BX December 3, 1917

Wounded for a Third Time

Private George Robert Hine of the 18th Canadians has been wounded for the third time, according to a letter just received by a member of The Expositor staff and is now in the 3rd General Hospital, Le Treport, France. He was wounded twice in the arm and once in the foot. Pte. Hine intimates in his letter that although the enemy hasn’t got him yet, that there is lots of time but he hopes to be back in the old 38th some time.

BX December 27, 1943

Cpl. Robert (Bobby) Hine

Corporal Robert (Bobby) Hine, Rowanwood Avenue, Echo Place, very well-known in military circles here, passed away at Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, Sunday morning, at the age of fifty-four years. Born in London, England, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Owen Hine, he had been a resident here for many years. Cpl. Hine had seen much military service, enlisting here as a bugler with the 54th Battalion at the outbreak of the First Great War, and later transferring to the 18th Battalion. He saw nearly four years’ service overseas in that conflict. During peacetime he was trumpet-major with the 2/10th Brant Dragoons. In September, 1939, he again enlisted for active service, this time serving overseas for eight months as a Corporal in the R.C.A.M.C. He was a member of the Canadian Legion, Branch 90. Surviving are his widow, formerly Miss Adeline Strachan, two sons, PO, Edward Alexander Hine, R.C.A.F., and Sgt. George Hine, R.C.R., overseas, three daughters, Adeline, Amelia and Betty, all of this City; two sisters, Mrs. F. Peckson, City, and Mrs. H. Peckson, London, England. Cpl. Hine is resting at the McCleister Funeral Home, where service will be held Wednesday afternoon with interment in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX December 30, 1943

Cpl. Robert (Bobby) Hine

The funeral of Cpl. Robert (Bobby) Hine, veteran of two world wars, was conducted from the McCleister Funeral Home, Brant Avenue, Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of friends, neighbors, and representatives of military organizations. Beautiful floral tributes evidence the popularity of Cpl. Hine among his former associates. Rev. Thomas A. Madden, Rector of St. Luke’s Anglican Church was in charge of the service at the Funeral Home and at the Soldiers’ Plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. “Reveille” and “Last Post” were sounded by Bugler L/Cpl. W.A. Bessant, No. 20 C.A.B.T.C. The pallbearers were Fred Farrow, James Archer, Joseph Archer, Sidney Hicks, Thomas Hellewell and Simeon Wilson.