John Francis JOHNSTONE

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JOHNSTONE, John Francis

Service Numbers:	75, 45A
Enlisted:	1 October 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	Light Horse Reinforcements
Born:	Warragul, Baw Baw - Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Sanitarium, Macleod, Victoria, Australia , Macleod Sanatorium, Macleod, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 October 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 75, 14th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 75, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 75, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
28 Aug 1915:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, 45A, Light Horse Reinforcements

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

John enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as John Johnson Francis. He served as a Trooper (Service No. 45A) with the 8th Australian Light Horse. He was discharged on 28 August 1915. He was the son of Ellen Johnstone. Died aged 26 years.

He is recent addition to the roll of Great War dead, he was accepted, after research, for commemoration as Great War dead on 1st February 2017.

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