Lieutenant John Taylor Wilkinson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Wilkinson,
John Taylor
Date of birth: 1892-08-07
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: James Boyce Wilkinson (brother), 522 Clinton Street, Toronto ON
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): manufacturer
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address:
Saskatoon, SK
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-04
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Villers Station Cemetery, VII. H. 30.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 60464
LAC ID:
313738
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B10370-S014
Uploader's Research notes: "Lieut. J.T. Wilkinson killed during relief." War diary of 78th Battalion. "He had just emerged a few yards from the mouth of the trench when he was hit by a shell and instantly killed" (from a letter written by Private Arthur Johnston referring to the death of Lieut. Wilkinson - published in the Perth Courier, 11 May 1917) [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-11-03