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Military service
Service number:
445118
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of David and Almeda J. Wilson. Husband of Martha Presbry Wilson, of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
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Photo of Rudolf Wilson
Pte Rudolf Wilson in the uniform of the 55th Battalion was transferred to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) and was killed in action during the assault on Regina Trench while serving in the battalion's machine gun section. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 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) -
Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (NB) Telegraph Journal October 18th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
Digital gallery of
Private Rudolph Stewart Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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