Percy "Dwight" Wilson was the second-to-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War and the last one still living in Canada. Born in Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario, he signed up as a 15-year old boy in 1916. When asked about his actual age he told the recruiting officer 16, but faced with soaring casualty rates for each meager yard of territory won and lost, that was good enough for the Canadian Army. On the two week voyage crossing the North Atlantic to England, … Wikipedia
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