Source: Per service record. R. Hamill, reg. no. 406735.
Find-A-Grave: Died April 14, 1926. Also registered under the name of Kenneth M. Johnston.
Family Search: Sergeant Kenneth Morton Johnson was born on 29 October 1896, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada as the son of Percy Norman Johnson and Helen Moore Convery. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1919, his occupation is listed as penitentary guard in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. He died on 14 April 1926, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 29, and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
Military Medal per London Gazette, No. 31173. 11/2/1919.
Sergeant Kenneth Morton Johnson. Regimental no. 226585.
This man enlisted on 6 October 1915 at Kingston, Ontario. He was a labourer and had military experience in the CEF (3 months) and the militia, showing 1 year with the 47th Regiment.
He embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia, aboard the SS Metagama on 23 April 1916, and landed in England on 6 May 1916.
The next day, he was taken on strength with the CCD at Shorncliffe, and on 12 June 191,6 he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Dragoons Reserve Regiment. On 17 September, he was transferred to the 9th Reserve Battalion. Ten days late,r he was drafted into the 18th Battalion and headed for service in France.
He joined the 18th “in the field” on 10 October 1916, and served with them until he took ill on the 25th with a pyrexia of unknown origin (influenza) and returned to duty on 1 November 1916.
He was ill again, being admitted to No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance with myalgia to his legs on 31 December 1916. He was discharged on 15 January, having passed to No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance on 5 January 1917.
He received 14 days leave to the United Kingdom on 5 November 1917.
He was appointed as Lance-Corporal on 12 January 1918, and was promoted to Corporal on 1 April 1918. He was then appointed Lance-Sergeant on 2 September 1918.
This appointment was redundant as he had been promoted to Sergeant on 31 August 1918.
Nine days before the Armistice, he was granted 14 days leave to the United Kingdom.
On his return from leave, he contracted Venereal Disease and was admitted to No. 51 General Hospital for treatment.
He was attached to Canadian Embarkation Camp, Le Harve, France, effective 24 January 1919.
Sergeant Johnson was conferred the Military Medal on 11 February 1919 and was recorded in the London Gazette, issue 31173.
He proceeded to England on 1 April 1919 and was attached to “O” Wing at Witley Camp on 17 May 1919.
He was Struck Off Strength on 14 June 1919 to proceed to Canada, and returned on the H.M.T. Saturnia, leaving Glasgow on 18 June 1919, landing at Montreal on 28 June 1919.
He was discharged due to demobilization in Montreal on 30 June 1919.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 