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Military service
Service number:
27653
Age:
35
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
December 23, 1881
Death:
May 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Shine Wilson and Mary Wilson, of Trinidad, British West Indies.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Shine Wilson
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Photo of GEORGE SHINE WILSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge worn by 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Shoulder patch
shoulder Patches worn by 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Shine Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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