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Military service
Service number:
2216
Age:
24
Rank:
Second Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
7th Field Coy.
Birth:
August 13, 1892
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, of 73, Le Alfred St., Kingston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
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Photo of Eric Wilson
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Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper (Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War) -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Daily Standard c1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Eric Victor Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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