 When asked about his actual age, he told the recruiting officer 16, but that was good enough for the Canadian Army, with its soaring casualty rates for each meager yard of territory won and lost.On the two-week voyage crossing the North Atlantic to England, he entertained the other troops on the RMS "Grampian" liner with his wonderful singing voice.On his arrival, Wilson's youth was quickly discovered, and he never went near the battlefield before he was returned to Canada in 1917.