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Private WILLIAM RUSSELL JOHNSTON

Service Number: 201200
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. A. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Allie Johnston, of Manilla, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1181
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