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Military service
Service number:
H/63745
Age:
25
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Birth:
June 2, 1919
Port Arthur, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 10, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. C. 12.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Matilda Johnson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Epitaph
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Group Photo
Twin brothers Arthur and Bertil, prior to UK deployment AH Johnson (L) - BH Johnson(R) -
Newspaper clipping
My father Bert and his identical twin Arthur enlisting at the age of 22. Sadly Arthur was killed on D-Day. Later during the war, Bert stepped on a land mine and had his leg amputated below the knee. Back in Canada he married in 1948, had three children, and died on April 6, 1970.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Herbert Johnson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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