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JOHNSTON, Charles Melbourne

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 April 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 12 May 1892
Home Town:	Woodside, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Law Student
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 April 1941, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Cemetery Plot: P-064-0044
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World War 1 Service

16 Apr 1915:	Involvement 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
16 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion
16 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell Shock and GSW
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
7 Nov 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Third Ypres
1 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
9 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion

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