Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 121 JOHNSON, Frederick Douglas WWI Doug, son of George and Annie (Creelman) Johnson of Newton Mills, was born in 1896. He was recruited in 1917. Prior to this, he had been farming in Alberta. He went overseas with the 1st Depot Battalion Alberta Regiment and served in England following his basic training. After the war, he returned toAlberta and purchased land and continued farming. He married Laura Hubbel. Doug passed away in 1970. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. JOHNSON, George Daniel WWII George, son of Warren and Catherine (Morris) Johnson of Newton Mills, was born in 1912 and enlisted in the RCAF and trained as a Flying Instructor at Pearce, AB, and served in that capacity during the war. He married Lorna MacPhee of Elmsdale. After the war, he worked as a civilian flying instructor in several parts of Nova Scotia. He died at Ardoise Hill, Hants County, in 1967, when the plane he was flying in bad weather crashed after striking cables used to support a tower. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. JOHNSON, James Foster WWI &WWII Foster, son of George and Annie (Creelman) Johnson of Newton Mills, was born in 1893 and enlisted in Truro in 1914. In 1915, he joined the Canadian Mounted Rifles and trained in Val Cartier then went overseas. He was sent to France but developed pneumonia so was taken back to England. He later went back to France and saw active duty at Vimy and Passchendaele, where he was gassed with mustard gas. He returned to Canada in 1919. He enlisted again for WWII and served in various places in Canada. James was then sent overseas again, and in 1943, he helped escort 3,000 German POW’s to Canada. He finished his war career as an instructor in Debert. He married Mary Logan from Cross Roads and lived in Alberta. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. JOHNSON, Harry Arthur WWI Harry, son of Arthur and Margaret (Creelman) Johnson of Newton Mills, was born in 1892 and served overseas with the 193rd, the 75th and the 20th Battalions. He received special mention in a military dispatch, which in turn earned him a special military medal with oak leaves. After the war, he worked in different parts of Nova Scotia with the Department of Agriculture, then became postmaster at Upper Stewiacke, a position that he held until his retirement in 1959. He married Norma Cox, daughter of J. D. and Annie (Johnson) Cox of Upper Stewiacke Village. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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