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Pair: Private H. N. Johnston, 1st Canadian Infantry, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of...
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Pair: Private H. N. Johnston, 1st Canadian Infantry, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War during the Second Battle of Ypres on 23 April 1915
British War and Victory Medals (18514 Pte. H. N. Johnston. 1-Can. Inf.); together with the recipient’s original Veteran’s Badge, and a C.E.F. ‘For Service at the Front’ badge, very fine and better (2) £50-£70
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Hugh Norman Johnston was born at Godrich, Hudson, Ontario, on 14 March 1887 and attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from February 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), being present at the Second Battle of Ypres, including the battalion’s desperate defence at St. Julien. Shot in the chest on 23 April 1915, he suffered a fractured rib and damage to his left lung, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War that same day. Held initially at Roeselaire camp, he was subsequently held at Stendal camp, and was repatriated on 2 January 1919. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 11 April 1919. He died on 8 August 1942.
Sold with copied service papers.
British War and Victory Medals (18514 Pte. H. N. Johnston. 1-Can. Inf.); together with the recipient’s original Veteran’s Badge, and a C.E.F. ‘For Service at the Front’ badge, very fine and better (2) £50-£70
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Hugh Norman Johnston was born at Godrich, Hudson, Ontario, on 14 March 1887 and attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from February 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), being present at the Second Battle of Ypres, including the battalion’s desperate defence at St. Julien. Shot in the chest on 23 April 1915, he suffered a fractured rib and damage to his left lung, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War that same day. Held initially at Roeselaire camp, he was subsequently held at Stendal camp, and was repatriated on 2 January 1919. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 11 April 1919. He died on 8 August 1942.
Sold with copied service papers.
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Pair: Private H. N. Johnston, 1st Canadian Infantry, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War during the Second Battle of Ypres on 23 April 1915
British War and Victory Medals (18514 Pte. H. N. Johnston. 1-Can. Inf.); together with the recipient’s original Veteran’s Badge, and a C.E.F. ‘For Service at the Front’ badge, very fine and better (2) £50-£70
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Hugh Norman Johnston was born at Godrich, Hudson, Ontario, on 14 March 1887 and attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from February 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), being present at the Second Battle of Ypres, including the battalion’s desperate defence at St. Julien. Shot in the chest on 23 April 1915, he suffered a fractured rib and damage to his left lung, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War that same day. Held initially at Roeselaire camp, he was subsequently held at Stendal camp, and was repatriated on 2 January 1919. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 11 April 1919. He died on 8 August 1942.
Sold with copied service papers.
British War and Victory Medals (18514 Pte. H. N. Johnston. 1-Can. Inf.); together with the recipient’s original Veteran’s Badge, and a C.E.F. ‘For Service at the Front’ badge, very fine and better (2) £50-£70
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Hugh Norman Johnston was born at Godrich, Hudson, Ontario, on 14 March 1887 and attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from February 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), being present at the Second Battle of Ypres, including the battalion’s desperate defence at St. Julien. Shot in the chest on 23 April 1915, he suffered a fractured rib and damage to his left lung, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War that same day. Held initially at Roeselaire camp, he was subsequently held at Stendal camp, and was repatriated on 2 January 1919. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 11 April 1919. He died on 8 August 1942.
Sold with copied service papers.
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