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Private JOHN HOWARD WILSON

Service Number: M/5885
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

X. E. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Edith C. Wilson, of Calgary, Alberta.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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