Dwight Wilson (veteran)
Dwight Wilson | |
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Born | February 26, 1901 Vienna, Ontario, Canada |
Died | May 9, 2007 , Canada | (aged 106)
Occupation | Soldier |
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Percy "Dwight" Wilson (February 26, 1901 – May 9, 2007) was the second-last surviving
Biography
Born in
On his arrival, Wilson's youth was quickly discovered, and did not get a chance to visit the battlefield, as he was returned to Canada in 1917. Still determined, he enlisted again and wound up once more at
Wilson and his wife Eleanor were married in 1927, and they stayed together until she died at the age of 94. They had two sons, Dean and Paul.
Shortly after the
Wilson lived at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the Veterans Residence in Toronto for the last year of his life. He died at the age of 106 from complications of a broken hip, which had occurred two weeks earlier. His death left John Babcock, who lived in Spokane, Washington, United States, as the only surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.[1]
References
- ^ "Dwight Wilson, First World War Veteran Dies At Age 106". Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2007-05-09.