Cornelius Roy JOHNSTONE

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JOHNSTONE, Cornelius Roy

Service Numbers:	194, 3166
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Kangaroo Island, South Australia , 12 February 1889
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Malvern, South Australia, 6 August 1919, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Mitcham Anglican Cemetery, South Australia Mitcham Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Helena Vale, Western Australia
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 194, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 194, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
15 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3166, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3166, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle

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Biography

He was an original member of B Company 11th Battalion AIF

Invalided from Gallipoli with Enteric Fever and discharged permanently unfit in May 1916

Re-enlisted 15 September 1916 and was posted to 51st Battalion AIF with whom he served until wounded during an attack near Ypres on 26 Septemebr 1917

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