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Military service
Service number:
192874
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
June 29, 1888
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Annabella Johnston; husband of Jean Mair Lusted (formerly Johnston), of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Johnston
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Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Johnston was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Alexander Johnston
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Johnston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 264 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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