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Alice Margaret Hill fonds [graphic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1941-1951.

Reference:

R2560-0-5-E, MG30-E388

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101982

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Alice Margaret Hill fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1941-1951.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

2 cm of textual records.
6 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia documenting the R.C.A.F. (Women's Division) career of Alice M. Hill, n.d., 1941-1951.

The fonds also contains a photographic portrait of Hill, 1942; a group photo by E. Mackintosh of headquarters staff of No. 6 (W.D.) Manning Depot, R.C.A.F., Toronto, 1942; and a reunion of former members of the R.C.A.F. (W.D.), Toronto, 29 Oct. 1948.

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Hill, Alice Margaret, 1916 -
Additional name(s):

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Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Women's Division

Canada. Aviation royale. Women's Division

Hill, Alice Margaret, 1916-
Biography/Administrative history:

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Hill, Alice Margaret, 1916 - : Alice Margaret Hill, born in 1916 at Ottawa, Ont., was engaged in volunteer work with the I.O.D.E. and the Red Cross prior to her enlistment in the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force in October, 1941. She graduated as an assistant section officer from the C.W.A.A.F. Training Depot at Havergal, Toronto in December 1941 and soon after was promoted section officer. Upon completion of an administrative course at Toronto she was appointed administrative officer at Jarvis St. Manning Depot, Toronto in January, 1942.

Hill was later appointed senior administrative officer at No. 2 Composite Training School, Toronto. Promoted flight officer, she was transferred to Training Command Headquarters in 1945. Flight Officer Hill was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in June, 1945 and discharged from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division in November, 1945.

After the war Alice Hill became a real estate agent in Toronto and was later appointed a member of the Toronto Real Estate Board.

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General note:

Received in 1981 from Miss Alice Margaret Hill of Toronto, Ont.
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Canada

Air pilots, Military Canada

Pilotes d'aéronef militaires Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1981-193 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E388
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 388] 1

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Graphic (photo)

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Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright is expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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