Canadian Soldier Killed in Netherlands in Second World War Identified

Trooper Henry George Johnston is shown in a DND handout photo. A grave of a Canadian soldier who died in the Second World War in Europe was identified as that of Trooper Henry George Johnston. The Canadian Press/HO-Department of National Defence

OTTAWA—The Defence Department says it has identified the remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War.

Trooper Henry George Johnston’s identity was confirmed under a program dedicated to identifying newly found skeletal remains and Canadian service members buried in nameless graves.