Private John James Wilkinson
Number: 34520
Company: 99th (Irish) Company, 8th Battalion, Second Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 5 March 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 22 years stated on enlistment. (Born 3 August 1878, 19 Collyer Street, Belfast.)
Trade or calling: Photographer
Place of birth: In the Parish of Belfast, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim
Family: Single. Mother Isabella Wilkinson (nee Smyth), of 30 Holyrood Avenue, Beechwood Park, Belfast. Father Samuel Wilkinson, hackler, millworker (dec.).
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair fair. Scar right thumb and forefinger.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 13 April 1901
Date home: 1 September 1902
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901, 1902 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 7 September 1902
Place: Aldershot
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: 68 Imperial Street, Rosebery Road, Belfast.
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: __
On 29 September 1905 Wilkinson married Lillie Hamilton in the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church, Belfast. Their child Lily was born the following year.
In 1907 he emigrated to Canada.
Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, 14 August 1901.
This page last updated 23 March 2026.