Military service
Service number:
J/7606
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
274 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
April 6, 1921
Whitby, Ontario
Death:
August 25, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of William Arthur and Dorothy Clara Wigston, of Whitby, Ontario. Nephew of Private Charles Henry Wigston who died on March 13, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
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Photo of William Wigston
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
August 2010
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Charles Wigston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 124 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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