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Wilson, John Nicholson "Jack"
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Wilson, Jack
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John Nicholson "Jack" Wilson, 1922-2006, was born in Dalby, Australia and served in the Australian Air Force during the Second World War. In 1943 and1944 he trained at No. 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Wilson was posted to India, flying supplies to troops in Burma. On his return to Australia he was a farmer until retirement in 1979, after which he took up painting. Some of his art training had come in Canada under Calgary painter Janet Mitchell; his career was very sucessful and he won many awards.