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Military service
Service number:
H/14308
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
July 19, 1913
Goderich, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 14, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Hugh and Sarah McGuire. Husband of Lillian McGuire of Dryden, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Wilson George McGuire
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Memorial
This island is named in honour and memory of Wilson George McGuire, one of our honoured dead of World War II. Service No. H-14308. Associated with Lac Seul summer and winter transport. Killed in action in the defence of his country while with the Royal Canadian Army in Holland, October 23, 1944. The cairn was erected by the volunteers of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 139 and the Members of the Lac Seul Native Band Reserve No. 28. Source: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 139 Hudson, Ontario Proudly Presents Memorial Cairns of the 9 Hudson members who sacrificed their lives in the cause of freedom during World War II.MC GUIREISLANDNAMED IN MEMORY OFWILSON MC GUIRESERVICE NO. H-14308KILLED IN ACTION IN GERMANYOCTOBER 23, 1944HUDSON ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONPAUSE ALL WHO PASS THIS WAY AND GIVETHANKS FOR A FREE AND BEAUTIFUL LAND -
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Grave marker
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Rifleman Wilson George McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Wilson George McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Wilson George McGuire
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Wilson George McGuire
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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