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JOHNSTON, Frederick Marshall
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 51999 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1916, Enlisted Blackboy Camp Western Australia To Engineer Officers Training School Roseville NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Base Engineers |
| Born: | Perth Western Australia, 12 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Tertiary Education |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Newport, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1963, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51999, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Enlisted Blackboy Camp Western Australia To Engineer Officers Training School Roseville NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Base Engineers , Acting Corporal 15 Feb 1917 Acting Sergeant 8 March 1917 Whilst at Engineer Officer Training School Roseville Sydney | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Posted to 13 Reinforcement’s 2nd Pioneer Bn 5MD Perth from EOTS | |
| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51999, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51999, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, SS Port Darwin, Albany | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion, Reinstated as Voyage Only Sergeant for 28th Bn reinforcement’s ex 1st General Service Reinforcement’s WA till this date | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Base Engineers , Transferred from 5th Training Battalion UK ex 28th Bn Reinforcement’s to Engineer Details UK for training Reverts to the rank of Private ( Sapper) | |
| 16 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Infantry Training Battalions, Completion of Lewis Gun Course Tidworth UK for duty | |
| 7 Mar 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, HQ Education Services, Marchout to Education Officer for Surveyors Course Southampton UK | |
| 17 May 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Survey Corps, On course at AIF Survey School Southampton for instruction | |
| 15 Nov 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 51999, RTA 5MD Perth WA On HT Ormonde Termination Period of Enlistment | |
| 12 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 51999, Base Engineers , Discharged 5MD Perth WA Termination Period of Enlistment Ex Engineer Details UK |
Personal Stories
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Commonwealth Surveyor General 1944-49
Director of National Mapping 1945-49
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