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In Memory of
BASIL ERIC GILL,B E
Rank: Corporal
Service: K/42051
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
who died 23 age
on 22 July 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born on 19 Lug 1920, Cabri, Swift Current Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Son of Eric E. and Dorothy M. Gill, of Armstrong, British Columbia.

Basil was wounded in action during the Battle for Leonforte when he got gun shot wounds in his abdomen. He was rushed to Valguarnera by No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance but succumbed of his wounds when he arrived in the Field Dressing Station in Valguarnera. He was buried outside Valguarnera and later reburied at Agira.
Basil's parents lived in Armstrong, British Columbia. He had six brothers and five sisters. His twin brother James Oswald also served overseas as a Sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers. One of his sisters served in Edmonton with the Canadian Women's Army Corps. Basil enlisted on the 6th of December 1939 in Kamloops, British Columbia after serving in the Militia.


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Name: Gill, Basil Eric, B E
Rank: Corporal
Service: K/42051
Unit Text:
Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Date of Death: 22/07/1943
Age: 23
Grave Reference: B. B. 146
Casuality:
Inscription: FAREWELL, SON. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"



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ASSELIN, MAURICE, M
CROMB, CHARLES ALEXANDER, C A
FERGUSON, JOHN, J T
FRENCH, ARTHUR VERNON, A V
HALL, FRANK CONSTANT, F C
KING, RONALD DAVID BEAUMONT, R D B
LORIMER, ROBERT JOHNSTON, R J
LUCAS, DONALD ALFRED, D A
MAC DONALD, WILLIAM KENNETH, W K
MERCER, HUGH, H
O'BRIEN, ROBERT, R
OLIVER REGINALD BATES, O R
POOLE, JAMES CLIFFORD, J C
SILLERS, WILLIAM JOHN BALFOUR, W J B
SIMPSON, THOMAS F., T F
TAPLEY, CYRUS LUSWELL, C L

Royal Canadian Regiment
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CROWE, RALPH MARSTON, R M
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COUSINS, SIDNEY JOHN, S J
CURRIE, CECIL HARVEY, C H
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Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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CHRISTIE, EARL JOHN, E J
HAMMELL, JAMES SHANNON, J S
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Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BLAND, RAYMOND PHILLIP, R P
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JOHNSON, ERNEST, E
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West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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FARRIS, HAROLD WILLIAM, H W
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Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
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KNOWN UNTO GOD

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Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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