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John Paul Johnson

In memory of:

Trooper John Paul Johnson

August 12, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

B/142494

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

27th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

December 9, 1918
Yorkshire, England

Enlistment:

February 10, 1943
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Johnson; husband of Audrey Johnson.

Commemorated on Page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 3.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source HAMILTON SPECTATOR, April 18, 1945
  • Roll of Honour– St. Paul's United Church, Dundas, Ontario.  Their Second World War Roll of Honour was distributed at a Remembrance Sunday memorial event in November 1946.

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