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Military service
Service number:
158118
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
June 26, 1874
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Elizabeth Johnstone; husband of Isabella Main Johnstone, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private George Johnstone
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of George Johnstone
Pte. George Johnstone was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church, Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario. His photograph and story appeared in the Trinity War Book in 1921. -
Biography
Trinity War Book -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private George Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private George Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private George Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private George Johnstone
Digital gallery of
Private George Johnstone
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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