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Rupert Cosmo JOHNSTON

Regimental number6829A
Place of birthSt Kilda Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBalaclava, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, R Johnston, 43 Gourlay Street, Balaclava, Victoria
Previous military service50th Infantry
Enlistment date23 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 September 1918
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard George and Charlotte Rosina JOHNSTON, 43 Gourlay Street, St. Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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