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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
252822
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
November 8, 1892
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Harry Wilson
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His headstone at Mount Forest Cemetery, Mount Forest, Ontario, reads: Lce Cpl Harry Wilson, MM & DCM 252822 10th Btn C.E.F. Born September 18, 1891 Killed in Action September 28, 1918 He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal. There is a medallion on the headstone which says, "He died for Freedom and Honour. -
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)
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Corporal Harry Wilson
Digital gallery of
Corporal Harry Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 524 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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