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Military service
Service number:
H/16455
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 23, 1904
Clayton, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 28, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 22, 1943
Leonforte, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D, G, 482.
Additional information
Son of David and Katherine E.C. (nee McNab) Camelon of Clayton, Ontario. Brother of David and Mary.
Additional citations
Mentioned in despatches, 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Wilmer Camelon
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Temporary marker
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Grave Marker
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Photo of Wilmer Camelon
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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