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Military service
Service number:
628577
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"B" Coy. 47th Bn.
Birth:
March 16, 1894
Death:
October 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 15.
Additional information
Son of George and Sophia Watt Wilson, of Milner, British Columbia. Born at Aberdeen, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private William Arthur Wilson
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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