Joseph David Edward Johnston

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772024

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

October 1st, 1918

Cemetery:

Sancourt British Cemetery - Nord, France - I.A.38.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth city:

Wakefield, Quebec

Address at enlistment:

110 Park Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

110 Park Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Butcher

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During an attack North West of Blecourt, he was shot through the chest by a machine gun bullet and killed.

BX October 26, 1918

Mrs. Ellen J.E. Johnston, 23 Alfred Street, has received official word that her son, Private Joseph David Edward Johnston, infantry had been killed in action on October 1. He enlisted here in the 125th and was transferred to the First Canadians.

Previous to enlistment he was on employee of Sam Sloan, butcher, Mt. Pleasant. The sorrowing mother, two brothers, Foster of the C.P.R. telegraph office and Cadet Ancell Johnston of the R.A.F., Toronto and two sisters, Mrs. Richard Broughton and Miss Alma, inspectress at the Steel Company of Canada plant, mourn the loss of a young life given to his country. He was but 20 years of age.

BX May 16, 1917

Private Joseph Johnston, son of Mrs. Ellen Johnston, 268 Wellington Street was today reported wounded in the chest. He was formerly employed at Mt. Pleasant and enlisted with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles.