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Captain JOHN ALEXANDER WILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

IX. H. 2.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Steele Wilson and Mabel Milne Wilson; husband of Elizabeth Stewart Wilson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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