Captain WILSON, JOHN ALEXANDER

Captain Wilson was killed in action in the second day of the Hitler Line battle, (recorded as 23 May 1944) near Pontecorvo, Italy.

NOK: Son of Richard Steele Wilson and Mabel Milne Wilson; husband of Elizabeth Stewart Wilson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Era(s)
  • 1939 - 1945 (WW 2)
Unit(s)
48th First Bn (WW 2)
Fate
Killed in action
Date of death
23-May-1944
Cemetery or memorial name
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Grave or panel reference
IX. H. 2.
Cemetery or memorial country
Italy
Where killed or wounded
Hitler Line – south of Pontecorvo, Liri Valley
Age on date of death
33
Cause of death
Killed in action

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Data source(s)

Source
Detail
*Reinforcement Draft 10 Jun 1940
Regimental History (Vol 3)- Dileas: A History of the 48th Highlanders of Canada 1929–1956
Dileas., pages 503, 520, Liri Valley 522-4-7, 531-2-3, Hitler Line 548, 562-4, 570-1-3-8, 581
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