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Military service
Service number:
878065
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
December 13, 1897
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Neil and Kate Johnston, of Red Islands, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private James Neil Johnstone
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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) -
Photo of JAMES NEIL JOHNSTONE
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Neil Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private James Neil Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private James Neil Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private James Neil Johnstone
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 438 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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