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Rank Cpl.
Service # 268005
Unit # 214th, 5th
Resident Ridgetown
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Corporal Willison served on the staff of Lieutenant Colonal Atkin, in Saskatoon, recruiting, and in order to go overseas transferred to the 44th battalion with the rank of Sergeant.

In England he reverted to the ranks, proceeding to France in Aug. 1917, drafted to the 5th battalion.

At Passchendaele, Nov. 10, 1917, he was fatally wounded and died Nov. 13 in No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Supplemental Information Mother: Mrs. S. S. Willison, Pembroke Children: Mary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Walter, Saskatoon K. M., St. Thomas, ON
Height 5'5"
Eye Colour blue
Age 35
Complexion fair
Hair red
Race white
Birthplace Embro, ON
Religion Protestant
Last Place of Employment Saskatoon, SK
Average Earnings 1500/yr
Marital Status widower
When Enlisted Apr. 1915
Where Enlisted Saskatoon

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