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JOHNSTON, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 158 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 158, 1st Field Company Engineers, Sydney | |
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| 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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