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Military service
Service number:
J/92571
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
No. 431 (Iroquois) Squadron
Birth:
July 19, 1923
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 27, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 28, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. D. 30.
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Wilson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Wilson
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Cross of Sacrifice
Located in Plots 4 & 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Wilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN WILSON
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Photo of JOHN WILSON
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Identification
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Attestation paper
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Service Book
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 480 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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