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Joseph Richardson Johnston

In memory of:

Driver Joseph Richardson Johnston

May 11, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

55

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

6th Bde.

Additional Information


Son of Joseph A. and Martha E. Johnston, of Quispamsis, Kings Co., New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 264 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 25.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Inscription in honour of Driver Joseph Richardson JOHNSTON on the grave marker of his parents at Saint John (Cedar Hill) Cemetery, Saint John NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)

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