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Military service
Service number:
H/46051
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Division:
(Motor), R
Birth:
March 19, 1920
Eden, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 4, 1940
Dauphin, Manitoba
Death:
September 19, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 1
Digital gallery of Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
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Memorial Page
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Biography
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Group Photo
John Garfield Johnston (left) and Wilson Thorburn Johnston at right in England. -
Paying respects
John Garfield Johnston at Wilson Thorburn Johnston grave for the first time. -
Grave Marker
A/Sgt Johnston was on RECCE with an Engineer Officer along side the Vaart canal but both failed to return. Profile: https://commonwealth-adegem.com/johnston-wilson-thorburn -
Memorial
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston is also commemorated on the Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) Memorial located in Hillcrest Park, Thunder Bay, ON … May 2018 ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Document
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Letter
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Letter
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Photo of WILSON THORBURN JOHNSTON
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Wilson Thorburn Johnston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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