JOHNSTON, Roy Victor
| Service Number: | 139 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 10 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 15 June 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row A, Grave 15 Rev. W. McKenzie officiated Headstone inscription reads: As a loyal subject doing his duty |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 139, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 139, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 139, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 139, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 15 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 139, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Gerard and Emily Louisa Johnston of Princess Street, Canterbury, NSW. Brother of Selina B Johnston, Leslie Harold Johnston who served with the 42nd Battalion, Emily H W Johnston, Stella B Johnston, Gerard E Johnston and Herbert T K Johnston
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was experienced in farming
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Victor Roy JOHNSTON was born on 10th January 1894 at Bowral. He commenced working for the NSW Government Railways as a junior clerk at Darling Harbour on 15th September 1913. He remained in that role for his whole career. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 16th August 1914. Victor Johnston (Service Number 139) enlisted at Sydney on 17th August 1914, giving his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘clerk’, and his age as 21 years. This age would seem to be a slight exaggeration as by the birthdate on his railway record card he would only have been 20 years and 7 months. He served in the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion.
Johnston was not married and gave his father as his next of kin.
He was taken on the strength of 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli on 7th May 1915, a couple of weeks after the first landings.
He was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, on 15th June 1915. He was buried by Captain McKenzie in the Beach Cemetery.
He is now buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli.
- based on the Austrralian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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