In memory of

Flying Officer

Ralph Alexander Johnstone

who died on 27 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 137 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J22310
  Date of death 19440727
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J22310 Flying Officer (No. 137 Squadron RAF pilot) Ralph Alexander (Duke) Johnstone (b.1922) of Moose Jaw was KIA 19440727 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near London, England. Johnstone's Typhoon collided with another over Denton Court, Kent. He was the son of William Henry and Clara Irene (Lillico) Johnstone who came from Ontario to operate Johnstone Dairies and moved to Manitou Beach during the war. Duke attended Cobourg, Victoria and Ross schools and Moose Jaw Tech and was a buttermaker for the family firm when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 161 - Moose Jaw
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Moose Jaw
  Geo-memorial Johnstone Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.9667°N / 107.6167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O13
  Geo-memorial details East of Patuanak.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220611
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19410714
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Moose Jaw    
  Occupation buttermaker
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