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Military service
Service number:
192799
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
August 29, 1896
Death:
April 30, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. M. 2.
Additional information
Son of John Edward and Margaret Johnston, of Mimico, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Gordon Johnston
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Charles Gordon Johnston
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Plaque
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Johnston enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 16th Bn (Canadian Scottish) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 16th Bn (Canadian Scottish). Pte Johnston enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 16th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
Shoulder Patch 16th Bn (Canadian Scottish). Pte Johnston enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 16th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Gordon Johnston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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