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Personal data

• Name WILSON
• Initials HM
• First name HAROLD MACKENZIE
• Place of birth Toronto
• Country Ontario, Canada
• Last residence 15 Maple Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
• Family Son of Harold A. and Elizabeth G. Wilson, of 15, Maple Avenue, Toronto
• Education Model School, Toronto; Bishop Ridley College; University College Toronto (1908-0909)

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 1 September 1914
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 15th Bn. Central Ontario Regiment (48th Highlanders)
• Other data related to military career Officer of the 48th Highlanders prior to enlistment; to France May 1915; Festubert, Givenchy, Ploegsteert; wounded near Hill 60, July 1915; returned to the front February 1916; instructor in a bombing school at La Clytte, near Dickebusch; appointed for a position on the Staff of the 6th Brigade but killed on the day of his appointment.

Death

• Wounded Dickebusch
• Type of wounds Accidentally killed by the premature explosion of a bomb while supervising the work of a class
• Date of death 9 June 1916
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - A - 19

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