Source: The Regimental Rouge
Family Search: When Private Chester Gordon Johnson was born on 10 December 1895, in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, his father, John William Johnson, was 34 and his mother, Ellen Barnard, was 32. He lived in London, Ontario, Canada for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as driver, McLeod grocery store in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 July 1917, in Aix-Noulette, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 21, and was buried in Sains-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Private Chester Gordon Johnson, reg. no. 123917.
This man enlisted with the 70th Overseas Battalion on 30 September 1915, at London, Ontario. He was a driver by trade and practiced the Anglican faith.
He went overseas with the 70th Battalion on the SS Lapland, leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 26 April 1915, arriving at Liverpool, England, on 5 May 1916.
He was transferred to the 39th Battalion at Shorncliffe on 10 July 1916 and then to the 18th Battalion on 10 August 1016. He arrived at No. 1 Canadian Base Depot at Harve on 12 August and joined the 18th Battalion “in the field” on 17 September 1916.
He suffered inflammation of connective tissue on 2 March 1917 and was sent to No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station for treatment. He was discharged to duty on 19 March 1917.
He was wounded on or about 21 June 1917 and was sent to No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he died of his wounds on the 21st at 4:45 AM, having suffered GSWs to his left leg (compound fracture of both bones), right thigh, right tibia compound fracture, with superficial debris wounds on his face and left arm.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 