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Harris Wilkinson, 95, shows off a photograph of himself and brothers Allan and Steve when they were enlisted in the Second World War.
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Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer When he closes his eyes and thinks back to the Second World War Harris Wilkinson shakes his head. “It’s not a very healthy looking picture,” the 95-year-old Williams
Lake veteran said. “Even today the world situation looks bad. I don’t know what to expect.” As a private, Wilkinson served in Canada and Europe. After he received a notice in 1942, telling him his services were required, he left Williams Lake and enlisted with the Canadian
Army in Vernon on April 4. He did basic training for two months and then took an electrical course in Calgary. Two weeks later he was sent to Edmonton to assemble fluorescent lamps for an Air Force airframe shop. When the 22 Engineers were moved from Nanaimo to the Port
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