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Son of Henry Johnston, of Milton, Washington, U.S.A., and Ella May Johnston; husband of Dorothy Johnston.
Digital gallery of Petty Officer Clarence Burdett Johnston
Digital gallery of
Petty Officer Clarence Burdett Johnston
From the Daily Colonist of November 6, 1915. Mr. Johnston served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the 7th Battalion (Regimental Number 77009) and was wounded seriously at the battle of Festubert on May 24th, 1915. He was subsequently discharged from the C.E.F. as medically unfit on October 30, 1915. The image is taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y284uvic#mode/1up
Image gallery
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Clarence Johnston's CWGC stone. Photograph taken in the spring of 2008 at Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B. C.
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An interesting second stone commemorating Clarence Johnston's service in the infantry. This is located near his CWGC marker. Photograph taken in the spring of 2008.
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From the Daily Colonist of November 6, 1915. Mr. Johnston served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the 7th Battalion (Regimental Number 77009) and was wounded seriously at the battle of Festubert on May 24th, 1915. He was subsequently discharged from the C.E.F. as medically unfit on October 30, 1915. The image is taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y284uvic#mode/1up
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 550 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VICTORIA (ROSS BAY) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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