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Military service
Service number:
M/63560
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division:
2nd Armd. Regt.
Death:
April 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of Andrew Knute Johnson and Emma Johnson, of New Westminster, British Columbia.
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A/Sgt. Gordon Fraser Johnson Killed in action on April 16, 1945, as troop sergeant and tank commander of a 17pdr. Sherman "Firefly" in A Sqn.,Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 2nd Canadian Armoured Regiment 5th Canadian Armoured Division Decorations: 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, War Medal 1939-45,U.S. Bronze Star for Gallantry, and Mentioned in Dispatches. Born 21 July 1919 in Leader, Saskatchewan. -
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Commemorated on:
Page 528 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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