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A Brother and Elder Sister Pair
A Canadian, Battle of the Somme, Casualty Victory Medal awarded to Private Joseph Harold Johnson. 52nd Battalion Canadian Infantry who was Killed in Action in the Battalion attack at Courcelette on the 16th of September 1916 comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal, (424963 Pte. J. H. Johnson. 52-Can. Inf.) and a 1914-1920 British War Medal to his Sister, Chauffeuse Mabel Johnson, Voluntary Aid Detachment, (M. Johnson. V.A.D.), toned very fine
The 52nd Battalion Canadian Infantry , (9th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division on the 16th of September 1916 attacked West of Courcelette in support of the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade attacking the German Zollern Graben.
Joseph Harold Johnson was born in Nottingham, England in 1893, at the time of his enlistment on the 22nd of July 1915 he was a Farm labourer stating that he had served for 1 and a half years in an Officer Training Corps in Nottingham. He joined the 45th Battalion Candain Expeditionary Force. He embarked in Canada on the 13th of March 1916 landing in England on the 25th of March. He arrived in France on the 24th of May 1916 transferring to the 52nd Battalion on arrival. He joined the 52nd in The Field on the 1st of June 1916. He sprained his ankle on the 2nd of September 1916 returning to Duty on the 11th he was Killed in Action on the 16th of September 1916. Josephs body was not located after the War and he is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, he was the sone of Joseph and Louisa Johnson of 25 Derby Grove Nottingham. And younger brother to Mabel Johnson.
Sold with Commonwealth war Graves information and 28 pages of copied Service Papers. VAD Paperwork
