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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Honourary Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Chaplains Department
Death:
November 18, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XLV. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of Joshua Reynolds Johnston and Jennie Poole Johnston, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Husband of E. F. Johnston, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
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Photo of Chaplain Eric Franklin Johnston
Chaplain Eric Franklin Johnston, as a member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Toronto, was remembered in the roll of honour in the "Trinity War Book". This book was published by the church in 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Eric Johnston
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
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Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Photo of Eric Franklin Johnston
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919. -
Memorial Plaque
Roll of Honour is located in the Middlesex Memorial Tower, University College.<P> University of Western Ontario, London Ontario.<P> Courtesy of University of Western Ontario Gazette <P> -
Grave marker
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Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Funds were raised by the Alumni Federation, now called the University of Toronto Alumni Association. The name of "Capt Rev E. F. JOHNSTON C.C.S." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Inscription
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed and dedicated in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for specific bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. The inscription for bell XXII reads: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". -
Memorial
Beechwood National Military Cemetery Hall of Colours Military Chaplains stained glass window -
Memorial
Canadian Buffs Memorial, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent “IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS OF THE CANADIAN BUFFS WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1919, ERECTED BY COMRADES” -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Eric Franklin Johnston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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