191 www.on.legion.ca HILLER, Alvin Emerson Alvin was born in New Hamburg on November 15, 1894, to John H. and Sarah Ann (Hostetler) along with five siblings: Alice (Honderich), Oliver, Edwin, Roy, and Mable (Quandt). Alvin was working in a cabinet factory when he received his draft letter notifying him to report to the London Military Depot. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Western Ontario Regiment on January 7, 1918 and was shipped overseas aboard the SS Crampian. Arriving in Witley, England on February 16, 1918, he transferred to the 47th Battalion and was sent to France on June 6, 1918. Additional training was in order, when the war was all over, but there was no need to be sent to the front line, so he was put to work gathering up military equipment and supplies to be sent back to Canada. He managed to get on one of the ships to Canada and discharged in London, Ontario on June 5, 1919. He married Erma Betzner and they raised four children: Robert, Jack, Carolyn (Andrassy) and Dale. He was a member of the Highland Road Baptist Church and the Rockway Bowling Club. Alvin Hillier passed away in the Cambridge Hospital on September 27, 1987 and is buried in Memory Garden, Breslau, Ontario. HILLER, Oliver Henry Oliver was born in New Hamburg, Ontario on May 11, 1898, to John H. and Sarah Ann (Hostetler) along with five siblings: Alvin, Alice (Honderich), Edwin, Roy and Mabel (Quandt). He enlisted in New Hamburg on April 8, 1916 with the 111th Battalion. They boarded the SS Tuscania in Halifax on September 26, 1916, arriving in Liverpool where he was taken on strength with the 35th Battalion and attached to the 4th Reserve Battalion on October 13, 1916. He arrived in France on November 14, 1916 and went to the front lines on March 22, 1917. He was in Vimy Ridge when he was struck by a bullet to his right hand on April 10, 1917, taken to a base hospital, then back to England. After many months in hospital, it was determined by the medical board that he had no use of his right hand to the point of being practically useless and that he receive a medical discharge. Not being able to perform military duties, Oliver was sent back to Canada, discharged in Guelph on February 22, 1918. Oliver married Lenora (Stuckart) and they raised four children: Margaret, Marion, Bruce and Donald. He was taken to the Kitchener Hospital with heart problems and died on March 12, 1967. He was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener. HINDMARSH, Philip Michael Philip was born in North Belford, Saskatchewan on September 21, 1949. He enlisted in the Army (Reserve Force) in 1967 and served with the Elgin Regiment until his release in 1969. He has been residing in Chatham/Kent since July 5, 2005 and is a 51-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Wallaceburg Branch 18. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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