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Thomas Johnston

In memory of:

Private Thomas Johnston

April 6, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

216765

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

78th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 14, 1896

Brother of Mrs. W. J. Hatcher, of Sioux Lookout, Ontario.

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:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. J. 3.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Letter– This letters author, Angus Peter Murchison #211030 78th Battalion, was a friend of Tommy Johnson #216765. It tells of poor Tommy Johnston being fatally hit. Angus was later killed in action on the morning of the attack on Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, just a few days after his friend Tommy was killed. Note that the letter is dated March 7, 1917. Tommy was KIA, according to this web site, on April 6, 1917, so either Angus got the month wrong on the date of his letter or the clerk recording the KIA date got the month wrong. At any rate, all that remains of these men are a few bits of paper such as this letter, so we must prize it in their memory. This letter does not discuss it, but in another letter, it is said that Angus went out, at great risk to himself, to bring in the body of his friend Tommy for burial. J. Bargholz

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    Letter – This letters author, Angus Peter Murchison #211030 78th Battalion, was a friend of Tommy Johnson #216765. It tells of poor Tommy Johnston being fatally hit. Angus was later killed in action on the morning of the attack on Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, just a few days after his friend Tommy was killed. Note that the letter is dated March 7, 1917. Tommy was KIA, according to this web site, on April 6, 1917, so either Angus got the month wrong on the date of his letter or the clerk recording the KIA date got the month wrong. At any rate, all that remains of these men are a few bits of paper such as this letter, so we must prize it in their memory. This letter does not discuss it, but in another letter, it is said that Angus went out, at great risk to himself, to bring in the body of his friend Tommy for burial. J. Bargholz

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