He was sent home in January 1917, more than a year before the Armistice was declared in Nov. 1918. He apparently signed up again and was sent to Camp Petawawa for training, but the war ended before he could go back overseas.There is first... 11 Jul 1916 and second, 23 Apr 1917.
While there are no records of his re-enlistment, there are pictures, dated 1918, of Mr. Wilson as a young man in uniform holding his trumpet at Petawawa.
He will be remembered.
PS... one further note to Globe fact checkers... Percy's father's name is Courtland, not Courtlan... as evidenced by his birth and marriage registrations and the 1901 Elgin County census.
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