Jeffrey George Wilbert was born on April 26th, 1917 in Carleton Place, Ontario. He attended local schools until 1937 and then enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at age 22. As an air observer, his role was to observe airspace around aircraft and assist pilots. On August 8th, 1941, Jeffrey died during air operations in Germany at age 24 while fighting in World War 2. He is buried at the Uden War Cemetery in the Netherlands.