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.

Awards

Unit(s)

48th First Bn (WW 2)

Service number

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

Cause of death

Killed in action

Linked artifact(s)

Capt JA Wilson May 23 1944
Captain John (Jack) A. Wilson – Memorial book photo

Gallery

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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