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Joined the 10th Battalion, CEF, on SS Scandinavian on 1 October 1914 - [discharged] - joined the 38th Battalion, CEF, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 25 May 1915 (number 410747) - served with the 38th Battalion during its period of garrison duty in Bermuda - landed in France with the 38th Battalion on 13 August 1916 - died on 28 October 1916 of wounds received that day - buried in Pozières British Cemetery (grave IV.L.24), France.
(Updated with image of the headstone for Pte Gill that I took at Pozières Cemetery in Aug 2012).
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)
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