In memory of

Sergeant

Hugh Wilson

who died on 26 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Canadian Army Basic Training Centre
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number L84107
  Date of death 19431026
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L84107 Sergeant (Canadian Army Basic Training Centre instructor) Hugh Wilson (b.1898) of Qu'Appelle, where he is buried, died 19431026. Wilson was killed and nine other soldiers injured when the vehicle in which they were passengers overturned near Maple Creek. Wilson served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers during the first war. He was the son of John Wilson of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, and left a wife Ruth Belvedere and son Malcolm Hugh at Qu'Appelle. Hugh was a farmer and dairyman when he re-enlisted at Regina early in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 157 - South Qu'appelle
  Cemetery or memorial location Qu'Appelle cemetery    

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  Honour roll location(s) Qu'Appelle
  Geo-memorial Wilson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.85°N / 103.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M13
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Milton Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 18980527
  Place of birth Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland    
  Date of enlistment 19420123
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Qu'Appelle    
  Occupation farmer
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