JOHNSTON, William Reginald Bell
| Service Number: | 1484 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1929 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale |
| Born: | Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland, 8 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1941, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Wall 2 Section AA Niche 563, Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Apr 1929: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 1484, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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| 15 Apr 1929: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 1484 | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 1484 | |
| 2 Apr 1941: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 1484, No. 1 Engineering School Ascot Vale, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant William Reginald Bell Johnston 1484 from Number 1 Engineering School at Ascot Vale died at Caulfield RGH (Victoria) having been admitted to hospital on the 16th of December 1940 dangerously ill
William Johnston served in the British Army (ASC - Army Service Corps) during WW1 - enlisting in 1914 and serving until 1923 - for his WW1 service he earnt the 1914 Star; GS Medal & Victory Medal (for his service during WW2 he earnt the War Medal)
From 1923 to 1926 he served in the Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable
He enlisted in the RAAF on the 15th of April 1929 and served until his death from TB on the 2nd of April 1941 (his nominal roll entry indicates that he was discharged from the RAAF on the 20th of March 1941 - however, his NAA Pers file has a notice that that decision was revoked upon his death)