Military service
Service number:
C/JX 181440
Age:
22
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Navy
Division:
H.M.S. Jervis Bay
Death:
November 5, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
39, 3.
Additional information
Son of Alfred John and Sarah Jane Avery, of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Wilson Avery
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Photo of WILSON AVERY
In memory of the men and women from the Clarenville, Newfoundland area who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the Clarenville Legion (Branch 27) for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Plaque
A marble plaque at Hodges Cove United Church in Hodges Cove, NL was dedicated to the memory of Wilson Avery, a local man who died in 1940 while serving in the Royal Navy. This memorial was erected by his parents, Alfred and Sarah Avery. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [plaque/plaque] DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF WILSON AVERY R.N. ABLE SEAMAN WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE NOV. 6TH 1940 AGED 22 YEARS. BELOVED SON OF ALFRED & SARAH AVERY GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS JOHN XV., 13. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2107 -
From the Newfoundland Canadian Legion Veterans' Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
From the Newfoundland Canadian Legion Veterans' Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Wilson Avery
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Wilson Avery
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Wilson Avery
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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