R116926
RCAF - Squadron #408
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Born: May 3rd 1918, North Easthope Township, Perth County
Died: April 21st 2004, Kitchener On. Buried Memory Gardens Breslau
Attended: Shakespeare, Hartleib School in South Easthope, SS #17 East Zorra
After School: Trucker, assisted father in farming

Enlisted: May 3rd 1941, on his 23rd Birthday, London ON
Trained: Toronto, Belleville, Mountain View ON
Served: England
Discharged: October 1945

After the war: Grocer and attended Waterloo University

Family: Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wilhelm
1st wife - Florence (Clayton) Married 1943
2nd wife - Elsie (Gornhall) Married 1963
Daughter - Patricia Ann
Son - Roy Kenneth

Excerpt from newspaper. LAC Ivan Douglas Wilhelm, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wilhelm of East Zona, is now overseas with the RCAF, according to a cablegram
received last week. LAC Wilhelm enlisted with the RCAF on his 23rd birthdate, May 3, 1941, at London but was not called until August of the same year. He trained at Toronto, Belleville and Mountain View prior to going overseas. With his parents he attended Lingelbach Evangelical Church, and as a boy had attended school at Shakespeare, Hartleib's and on the 15th and 17th Lines of East Zorra. He has five brothers and four sisters. His identification number is R-116926.