Gerald MacIntosh Johnston

[2][5][12] He served in the first battalion of The Black Watch of Montreal as a private; he later joined the commandos under Lord Louis Mountbatten,[2][3][12] and in September 1940 Johnston deployed to England.

[8] In 1941, while stationed with his unit in Britain, Johnston landed a role in the film From the Four Corners, which was directed by Anthony Havelock-Allan and starred Leslie Howard.

Johnston's status was unknown for months after the battle and he was listed as missing in action, until it was finally reported in December that he had been captured.

[14] Johnston, along with thousands of other Canadians captured at Dieppe, was transferred to Stalag II-D Prisoner-of-war camp located near Stargard in then Germany (now Poland).

[12][15][16] In January 1945, the Sunday Pictorial, published out of London, reported that Johnston's death occurred during a mass escape of 1,500 Canadian P.O.W's.