Bill Wilson, one of Canada’s last surviving World War veterans, dies at 101
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- CBC Canada·3h agoOne of Calgary's most decorated Second World War veterans dies at 101
Navy Capt. William (Bill) Wilson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942, serving aboard HMCS Ottawa as a seaman gunner during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic and taking part in the D-Day landings at Normandy.
Read at CBC Canada → - Globe and Mail·7h agoBill Wilson, one of Canada’s last surviving World War veterans, dies at 101
Enlisting at 18, Wilson joined the naval reserve when the war ended, and retired from active service in 1979
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