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Alexander Johnston

In memory of:

Private Alexander Johnston

September 29, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

3106416

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

78th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 20, 1885
Coatbridge, Scotland

Enlistment:

January 5, 1918
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of William Boyd and Maggie Malcolm Johnston.

Commemorated on Page 437 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANTIMPRE CANADIAN CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

A. 35

Location:

The route to the Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery is signposted from the D939 at Raillencourt and is located 1 kilometre north of Sailly on the D140 on the left hand side of the road towards Sancourt. Sailly is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres north-west of Cambrai just to the north of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing Northward through Sailly to the West of Cantimpre and the East of the village of Haynecourt. The Cemetery at Cantimpre was originally called the Marcoing Line British Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)

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    Inscription – His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.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)

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    Vimy Memorial
    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 Hamilton Spectator October 1918........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator October 1918........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Alexander Johnston– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Alexander Johnston
    Photo of Alexander Johnston – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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