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Sep 10, 1898
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland to Andrew and Janet
(nee Phillips) Johnston
His mother died in 1907 and his father died in
1909
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Apr 4, 1914
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Embarked the SS Hesperian in Glasgow under the
care of the Quarriers Boys Homes as a British Home Child
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Apr 14, 1914
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded
to Brockville, Ontario where he was taken into the Fairknowe Boys Home
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Dec 1, 1916
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Attested into the 207th
Ottawa-Carleton Battalion in Ottawa, Ontario
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Number
246770
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Next
of kin given as his sister, Agnes Macdonald Johnston, 7 St. Andrews Rd.,
Peebles, Scotland
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Previous
occupation given as farmer
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No
previous military experience given
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Religion
given as Methodist
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Jan 22, 1917
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Admitted to Highland View Hospital, Amherst, N.S.
for Tonsilitis ulceration
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Jan 29, 1917
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Discharged to Duty
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May 28, 1917
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Embarked the S.S. Olympic in Halifax, N.S.
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Jun 9, 1917
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Arrived and disembarked in Liverpool, England
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Jun 10, 1917
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T.O.S. (taken on strength) to the 7th
Reserve Battalion
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Sep 12, 1917
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Proceeded overseas to join the 21st
Battalion
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Sep 13, 1917
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Arrived and T.O.S. to the 21st
Battalion at the 2nd CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in
Etaples, France
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Sep 26, 1917
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Left for CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp)
in France
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Sep 27, 1917
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Arrived at the CCRC
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Oct 8, 1917
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Left for unit
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Oct 9, 1917
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Private Johnston joined the 21st
Battalion in Passchendaele, Belgium
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Nov 17, 1917
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Appointed L/Cpl in the field
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Apr 1, 1918
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Wounded at Arras, France – L/Cpl Johnston
received multiple gunshot wounds (shrapnel) in his back and was admitted and
transferred via the 6th CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) to the CCS
(casualty clearing station). Injuries observed to both scapulae and down left
side of spine.
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Apr 6, 1918
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Admitted to the 26th General Hospital
in Etaples, France
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Apr 21, 1918
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L/Cpl Johnston is reported seriously ill
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Apr 28, 1918
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His condition is reportedly improving
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May 5, 1918
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Invalided to England via Hospital ship “Brighton”
and posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes
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May 6, 1918
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Admitted to military hospital Herne Bay, Kent,
England
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Jun 3, 1918
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Discharged from Herne Bay Hospital and admitted
to the CCH (Canadian Convalescent Hospital) Monks Horton, Kent, England
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Jul 15, 1918
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Discharged from the CCH and admitted to the 11th
Canadian General Hospital, Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe
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Aug 30, 1918
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Discharged from hospital and admitted to the
Military Convalescent Hospital, Woodcote Park, Epson
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Sep 23, 1918
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Discharged and On Command to the 3rd
CCD (Canadian Command Depot) in Seaford, England
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Nov 24, 1918
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Ceases to be on command to 3rd CCD and
is attached to the EORD
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Nov 27, 1918
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Proceeded to the 1st CCD in Witley,
England
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Dec 3, 1918
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Medical exam states that L/Cpl Johnston is not
fit for duty and is assessed category Biii meaning capable only of sedentary
work
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Jan 19, 1919
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S.O.S. (Struck off strength) to Rhyl, Wales MD3
(Military District 3) for return to Canada
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Feb 19, 1919
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Embarked the S.S. Scotian in Liverpool, England for Canada
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Mar 1, 1919
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Disembarked in St. John, N.B.
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Mar 3, 1919
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T.O.S. to subdepot DD#3 in Ottawa, Ontario
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Mar 4, 1919
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Given leave with subsistence until March 17, 1919
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Mar 22, 1919
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Discharged in MD#3, Dispersal Station “G”,
Ottawa, ON
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Rank
on discharge L/Cpl
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Proposed
residence R.M.D. #1, Mountain, ON
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War
Service class badge “A” #158052
Following his discharge the British War and
Victory Medals were sent to 125 Sherwood Street, Ottawa, Ontario on October
24, 1922
In 1922 Andrew moved to New York where he worked
as a trainman for the New York Central Railway. He married Ludmilla Switzer
there in 1924 and together they had 2 sons.
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Apr 21, 1951
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Andrew Johnston passed away on this date in
Buffalo, New York and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, Erie
County, NY.
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