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Remembering World War II
Name:
George Allen Wilson
Rank:
Craftsman
Service Number:
F/93527
Service:
No. 1 Canadian Base Workshop,
Royal Canadian Mechanical and Electrical Engineers
Date of Birth:
March 30, 1922
Place of Birth:
Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
July 8, 1941
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height:
5 feet, 4 inches
Complexion:
Medium
Eye Colour:
Hazel
Hair Colour:
Brown
Occupation:
Motor Mechanic
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Methodist
Next of Kin:
Frederick Wilson (Father), Digby, NS
Date of Death:
April 12, 1945
Age:
23
Cemetery:
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England
Grave:
Section 51, Row F, Grave 10
Commemorated on Page 576 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on December 1
George Allen Wilson was the son of Frederick Albert Wilson and Margaret Wilson, and the brother of
Ernest Wilson, Paul Wilson, Donald Wilson, Gerald Wilson, Robert Wilson, Hazel Elliot, Dorothy Wilson,
Grace Frost, Edith Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Barbara Wilson, and Jean Wilson (d. 1930).
George’s brothers Ernest and Donald were in the Canadian Army overseas, and his brother Paul served
in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in Halifax.
George departed Canada on March 12, 1942, and disembarked in Gourock, Scotland in the United
Kingdom on March 23, 1942. George served with the Royal Canadian Engineers throughout 1942, 1943,
1944 and early 1945.
Craftsman George Allen Wilson died when he
and the motorcycle he was driving was run over
by a tank ammunition carrier in a road accident
on April 12, 1945. The accident was near the
Tank Park Base Ordnance Workshop at Whitehill
Road in Bordon in Whitehill, 5 miles of Alton in
Southampton in the Woolmer Forest.
He is interred at the Brookwood Military
Cemetery in Surrey, England.
George Allen Wilson