Regimental number | 36629 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Frederickton, New South Wales |
School | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Bank accountant |
Address | Coolah, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Lily Norma Johnston, c/o J T French, Tenterfield, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 29 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/128/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New south Wales, Lismore branch, 27 January 1909. Transferred to Moree branch, July 1909; to Walgett branch, August 1910 (ledger keeper from July 1911); to Coolah branch (teller), June 1914; to Collarenebri branch, May 1915; Wellington branch, August 1916. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 23), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 16 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Alexander and Agnes Mary JOHNSTON; Wife: Lily Norma JOHNSTON, 'Nacy', North Street, Quirindi, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 203. |