Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Benson Wigle
In memory of:
Warrant Officer Class II George Benson Wigle
September 25, 1943
Military Service
R/98456
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Additional Information
April 23, 1922
Ruthven, Ontario
June 5, 1941
Windsor, Ontario
Son of Gerald and Lucretia Wigle of Leamington, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY (ORAN)
Algeria
Plot E. Row D. Grave 34.
Oran is an important seaport on the Algerian coast. LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Oran, about 4 kilometres from the Place Foch, in the centre of the town. The entrance is on the Avenue de Sidi Chami, where the road forks right to the Le Petit Lac. The United Kingdom and Commonwealth war plot lies about 180 metres from the entrance, on the right of the main path. The Cemetery Register is kept in the toolshed.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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