George Clifford Wilbee

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164367

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

July 23rd, 1918

Cemetery:

Terlincthun British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - I.F.24.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Waterloo

Birth city:

Doon, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

221 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

183 Marlborough Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Knitter

Employer:

Watson Manufacturing Co.

Religious denominations:

Salvation Army

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds. No. 13 U.S.A. General Hospital, Boulogne, GSW Right Thigh

BX July 18, 1918

Dangerously Ill

Mrs. Ed. Wilbee, 183 Marlborough Street, has again received sad news from overseas. Yesterday morning a telegram came to her from Ottawa bearing the tidings that her son, Pte. George Clifford Wilbee was dangerously ill at the 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, suffering from a gunshot wound in the right thigh, which he received on July 19th. Private Wilbee went safely through the battle of Vimy Ridge, but he was in an English hospital for several months with trench feet, going back to duty last February. He went overseas with the good old 84th.

Hamilton Spectator July 29, 1918

In the casualty list issued at Ottawa last night appears the name of Pte. George Clifford Wilbee, son of Mrs. Edward T. Wilbee, of Brantford, who is reported to have died of wounds received some time ago. Private Wilbee was born in Canada, and was taken on the strength of the 84th Battalion at Camp Niagara on Sept. 16, 1915. He had served on the firing line for several months and had taken part in some of the biggest engagements before he was wounded. Prior to enlisting, he was a member of the 36th Peel Regiment.