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Sep 14, 1886
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Born in Madoc, Ontario to
James Sinclair and Charlotte (nee Rollins) Hill
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Jun 16, 1914
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Shown on the payroll of the 49th
Regiment, Hastings Rifles as a Band Member at the Summer Camp in Petawawa,
Ontario
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Nov 5, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59467 (temporary number 183)
Ø Next of kin given as James Hill, father, Madoc,
Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Chauffeur
Ø Previous military experience given as Band
Member, 49th Regiment Hastings Rifles
Ø Religion given as Presbyterian
Ø Posted to “B” Company
o This was later reorganized into “A” Company
On attesting he stated he was born
September 14, 1889, not his actual birth year of 1886
The 21st Battalion trained
in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Jan 20, 1916
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Frederick Hill reported to the
21st Battalion Medical Officer that a week earlier a high
explosive shell burst about 20 feet from him and the concussion caused his nose
to bleed, and has continued to bleed off and on since. He reports that he is very nervous and can’t
sleep.
Admitted to the No. 5 Canadian
Field Ambulance Rest Station with a diagnosis that reads Neurasthenia, more
commonly referred to at the time as Shell Shock
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Jan 21, 1916
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Transferred to the Division
Rest Station at Godewaersvelde, France
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Feb 1, 1916
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Transferred to the Division
Rest Station at Mont des Cats, France
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Feb 7, 1916
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Transferred to the No. 15 CCS
(Casualty Clearing Station)
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Feb 9, 1916
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Transferred via the No. 14 AT
(Ambulance Train) and admitted to the No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital in
Boulogne
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Feb 14, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship St Andrew
On arrival in England he was
admitted to the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Taplow
Transferred to the CCAC
(Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Mar 12, 1916
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Transferred to the Hillingdon
House Convalescent Hospital in Uxbridge
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Mar 17, 1916
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Transferred to the Canadian
Special Hospital in Ramsgate
Notes on admission
Ø Patient is nervous
Ø His head twitches
and has tremors in his hands
Ø Suffers from
insomnia, weakness and headaches
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Apr 6, 1916
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Discharged to the Canadian
Casualty Assembly Centre from hospital
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Apr 7, 1916
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Medical Board in Shorncliffe
notes his nervousness, lack of sleep and shaking. The Board recommended 3 months of light base
duties
Transferred to the 39th
Reserve Battalion in West Sandling for 12 weeks of Base Duty
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Nov 5, 1916
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Awarded the Good Conduct Badge
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Jan 4, 1917
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Transferred to the newly
formed 6th Reserve Battalion at East Sandling. Shortly after the formation of the
battalion, it was moved to Seaford to train reinforcements for the front
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Jan 30, 1917
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Appointed to the rank of Lance
Corporal while employed as the Postal Orderly
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Mar 10, 1917
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Transferred to the Eastern
Ontario Regimental Depot and remained attached to the 6th Reserve
Battalion in Seaford
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Feb 18, 1918
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Medical Board in Seaford notes
Ø Patient is very
nervous and weak
Ø Man trembles from
head to foot
Ø Eats well but
sleeps poorly
Ø Not likely to
improve in 6 months
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Feb 19, 1918
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Reverted to the rank of
Private and rejoined the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot
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Feb 23, 1918
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Attached to the CDD (Canadian
Discharge Depot) in Buxton pending return to Canada
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Feb 27, 1918
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Embarked the SS Orpington in
Liverpool
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Mar 16, 1918
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova
Scotia and proceeded to Kingston, Ontario
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Apr 19, 1918
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Discharged from the CEF in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge
Private
Ø Entitled to War Service
Badge Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Madoc, Ontario
Following the end of the war,
the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at Madoc,
Ontario
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Oct 12, 1925
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Married to Annie Blanche
Dougan in Belleville, Ontario
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Dec 12, 1961
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Frederick James Hill died
while a patient in the Kingston General Hospital Veterans Pavilion, Kingston,
Ontario and was buried in the Lakeview Protestant Cemetery, Madoc, Ontario
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