Portrait Photograph of Private Lloyd Clifford ("Perry") Johnson

Description
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
A black and white portrait photograph of Private Lloyd Clifford ("Perry") Johnson.
Notes
Private Lloyd Clifford ("Perry") Johnson was born at Whitby on October 3, 1909, son of Perry and Sarah Jane Bell Johnson. He attended the King and Dundas Street Public Schools and Whitby High School. At the time of his enlistment in July 1940 he worked for the Whitby Malleable Iron and Brass Co. He received his training at Petawawa and went overseas in December 1940. He participated in the Dieppe Raid, the Normandy landings and the battles of Caen and Fallaise. He was killed in action in France on October 25, 1944.

According to the Canadian Virtual War Memorial site he is commemorated at page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. He is interred at BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Netherlands. He was a member of the Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Inscriptions
Pte L. C. "Perry" Johnson
Date of Original
c.1944
Dimensions
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
Subject(s)
Portrait photographs
Soldiers
War casualties
Local identifier
29-003-067
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Whitby
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a copy negative.
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