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In Memory of
HILL, HAROLD JOSEPH EMIL, H J E
Lance Corporal, H/16741
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
who died 25 age
on 26 July 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born 24 Lug 1918, MacGregor, Central Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada;
Son of Walter and Katherine Hill.






Lance Corporal Harold Joseph Emil Hill, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Born on 24 July 1918 in MacGregor, Manitoba and killed in action two days after his 25th birthday on 26 July 1943.
Harold was one of the few men killed during the taking of the notorious hill features east of Nissoria. The days before Harold's death the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade lost many men when they tried to take these hills. When the PPCLI approached the hills, supported by artillery and mortars the hills, the enemy were completely demoralized by the artillery barrage which opened up before their advance. The casualties for the PPCLI that day were light, but Harold was one of them. He was initially buried east of Nissoria and later reburied at Agira.
Harold lived in Winnipeg with his parents. He was the oldest of four sons and two sisters. Two of his younger brothers served overseas with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals while another lived in California and enlisted with the US Navy.
Harold enlisted on 13 January 1940 in Winnipeg and served with the PPCLI from his basic training. He was part of Force III which raided the island of Spitzbergen in a combined commando raid with British and Norwegian commandos. This operation was called Operation Gauntlet and its goal was to destroy the Soviet and Norwegian coalmines on the island with permission from the Soviet Union and Norway who exploited these mines.


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Name: Hill, Harold Joseph Emil, H J E
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service: H/16741
Unit Text:
Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Date of Death: 26/07/1943
Age: 25
Grave Reference: D. E. 441
Casuality:
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF HAROLD "A SOLDIER AT HEART"



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