Arthur JOHNSTON

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Service Number:	304
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goornong, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Goornong District Honor Roll WW1, Goornong Presbyterian Church Honour Roll , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 304, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 304, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 304, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
8 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, France
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 304, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 304 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-23

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According to eye witness statements in his Red Cross file, Pte Johnston was hit and killed by a sniper's bullet near Flers.