Clarence Woods Johnston, M.C.

Military Cross

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, M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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 (November 19, 1888 - October 13, 1949) served as the fourteenth mayor of the Village of Elkhorn

Elkhorn, Manitoba

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Born in Newmarket

Newmarket, Ontario

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, Ontario

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, Johnston grew up in Morden

Morden, Manitoba

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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 and attended the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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, graduating in 1914. He enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1916 and was awarded the Military Cross

Military Cross

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 at the Battle of Ypres

Battle of Ypres

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. He was discharged in July, 1919 and purchased the medical practice in Elkhorn from Dr. Robert Goodwin.