Dr. Eric Albert Willis, Major

1916 - 1945  (29 years)

• Name	Eric Albert Willis
  Prefix	Dr.
  Suffix	Major
  Born	10 Apr 1916	Seeley's Bay, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12905415
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-141496
  Died	3 May 1945	Bedburg, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [1]
  Buried	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, , Gelderland, Netherlands   [1]
  Person ID	I141496	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Wellington Willis,   b. CA 1885, of, Seeley's Bay, , Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Marion Cockrill,   b. CA 1885, of, Seeley's Bay, , Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F52949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Mildred "Mildred" Forler,   b. 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1941
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F52948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Dr. Major Eric Albert Willis Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• Notes

  MAJOR ERIC WILLIS Major Eric Albert Willis, 28- year-old doctor who received the Montgomery Award for gallantry in January of this year, gave his life in service, his wife has been informed. Mrs. Willis is the former Mildred Forler, 60 College St., Apt. A., who graduated from the K-W Hospital, where Major Willis served as in- tern. They were married in Kitch ener on Feb. 24, 1941. The young doctor was born at Seeley's Bay to Mr. and Mrs. Welington Willis. He enlisted in June, 1940, as a lieutenant with the 23rd Field Ambulance and went overseas in August, 1941, proceeding to France on D-day. Promotion to the rank of major came in November, 1944. He trained with the C.O.T.C. at Queen's University, Kingston, where he graduated with a medical degree in May, 1940. His earlier education was received at Seeley's Bay. His sister, Dorothy, is a nursing sister in the United States Air Force and a brother, Delmer, is serving in the navy. Other survivors in addition to his parents, are two sisters, Mrs. Stuart Willoughby and Eleanor. Kitchener Daily Record 09 Mar 1945, Fri Page 3 ______________ Major Willis Dies in Action, Wife Informed Today's heavy list of casualties fo cludes two Twin City and three die triet men who have given their lives in service and six local and district men reported wounded. Two men have been wounded second time, and one is a casualty a the third time. Secondary telegrams have been received concerning men previously reported wounded. The casualties are: KILLED Major Eric Albert Willis, 2, husband of the former Mildred Forler, 60 College St, Apt. A. Kitchener Daily Record 09 Mar 1945, Fri Page 3 _____________ MAJOR ERIC ALBERT WILLIS, Med. '40, of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action in Germany early in March. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Willis of Seeley's Bay, Ont., and was educated in the public and continuation schools of the village before entering Medicine at Queen's. After graduating in 1940 he interned at the General Hospital in Kitchener, Ont., and then enlisted in the R.C.A.M.C. He went overseas in 1941 with the 23rd Field Ambulance. In January of this year he won the Montgomery Award for gallantry. Besides his parents he is survived by his wife, one brother and three sisters. The Queen's Review, 1945, p. 77 ______________

  
  

• Sources

  [S1372] Canadian Virtual War Memorial, Eric Albert Willis - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada. (2016). Veterans.gc.ca. Retrieved 22 December 2016, from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2233048.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Apr 1916 - Seeley's Bay, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 1945 - Bedburg, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Buried - - Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, , Gelderland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth