Alfred Ernest JOHNSTON

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JOHNSTON, Alfred Ernest

Service Number:	721
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 October 1882
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 31), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Surrey Hills WWI, The Shrine

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 721, Enlisted at Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 721, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 721, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Waldron John Johnston and Elizabeth Johnston of George Street, Blackburn, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother Herbert Bowen Johnston of Main Road, East Doncaster, Victoria also brother of Charlotte Knee of East Doncaster, Victoria and Reginald Johnston

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gallipoli Association

Private Alfred Ernest Johnston, 9th Battalion from Blackburn, Victoria, wearing a militia uniform and sitting at the wheel of an early automobile.

A 29 year old carpenter prior to enlisting in 1914.
He embarked for overseas with F Company from Brisbane on 24 September 1914 aboard HMAT Omrah.
Johnston was killed in action during the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915. He was seen by Pte Alfred Hordern digging a machine-gun pit on McLoggans Ridge. A shell expoded and blew the MG up, and Johnston was not seen again. Pte Johnston is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, with others who have no known grave.
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