Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Percy "Dwight" Wilson (February 26, 1901 – May 9, 2007) was the second-to-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.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.. }
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- Dwight_Wilson_(veteran) comment "Percy "Dwight" Wilson (February 26, 1901 – May 9, 2007) was the second-to-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.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.".