Harry Byron JOHNSTON

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JOHNSTON, Harry Byron

Service Number:	420024
Enlisted:	10 October 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1917
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Menangle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 March 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Camden War Cemetery Plot E Row A Grave 2, Camden War Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 420024
10 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 420024

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Charles Archibald Johnston 30.10.1881 ~ 15.8.1934 and Lillian Isabel (Laughton) Johnston, of Grafton.

He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Lismore NSW

15SQN Beaufort A9-550 based at the Menangle Paceway airfield crashed after take-off when the port engine failed - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Johnston 420024 (Pilot) / Flying Officer Durrant 422555 (2nd Pilot) / Flying Officer Wheller 426408 (Navigator) / Flight Sergeant Hoscher 412535 (W/T Operator) / AC Bray 141632 (ground crew)

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