James (Jim) JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON, James

Service Number: 158
Enlisted: 3 September 1914, Sydney
Last Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit: 1st Field Company Engineers
Born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, July 1888
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1955
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, Sydney
10 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW pelvis, right thigh and butock
22 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Field Company Engineers
27 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1st Field Company Engineers
23 Oct 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMT Durham, London for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Sydney 27 December 1918
22 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers

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