Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Russell Johnston
In memory of:
Driver John Russell Johnston
February 27, 1947
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Military Service
H17014
26
Army
Royal Canadian Artillery
Additional Information
September 21, 1920
Clandeboye, Manitoba
December 19, 1940
Son of Alexander Johnson and Francis Shea of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Commemorated on Page 618 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
N/A
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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