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JOHNSTON, Alfred Ernest
Service Number: | 721 |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.
(AWM)