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Chester Gordon Johnson

In memory of:

Private Chester Gordon Johnson

July 21, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

123917

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of John William and Ellen Johnson, of 552, Central Avenue, London, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 263 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 4.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– "Died of Wounds." (Gunshot wound, multiple.) At No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – "Died of Wounds." (Gunshot wound, multiple.) At No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance.
  • Photo of Chester Gordon Johnson– Pte Chester G Johnson as shown in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario --And in the Morning

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    Photo of Chester Gordon Johnson – Pte Chester G Johnson as shown in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario --And in the Morning
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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