WILSON, PTE. JOSEPH

WILSON, PTE. J.J. Reg. #

#2 C.I.T.R. (Canadian Infantry Training Regiment)

#6 C.I.T.R.

Canadian Army Overseas

John Joseph Wilson, brother of Benjamin Wilson, was born September 19, 1922 in Magnetawan, the son of Joseph Benjamin Wilson and Mary Ellen McFarland.  Joseph married Hazel Mary Matilda Ainslie on January 6, 1945 in Parry Sound.

In Joseph’s family history files there is a record of him having apparently departed from both Glasgow and from Kwajalein Island – both no dates or specifics are provided.

Joseph and Hazel are identified as having two children.

Joseph died May 27, 1954 and is buried in Chapman Cemetery. After John Joseph’s death, Hazel married Oliver George Barton in 1955.