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Johnston-J-H-Pte-2847

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Johnston J H    Pte    2847    Joseph Henry             5 Inf Bn    18    Hairdresser    Single    Pres       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Chester St, 2   

Next of Kin:    Johnston, E A, Mrs, mother, 2 Chester St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    28 Jun 1915      

Embarked:     A16 Star of Victoria 10 Sep 1915   

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Johnston H Pte 4144 brother

Johnston C P Pte 139 brother

 

Date of Death: 15/07/1916          Pte 58 Inf Bn

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

 

Australian Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiries Bureau Correspondence

 

Witness says soldier was killed on 15/7/16 at Fleur Baix by a "Minewerfer".  He was struck in the abdomen, whilst in the trench.  Witness helped to carry him back, and they had to leave him for a while in a traverse.  Several hours later he was buried in the Fleur Baix cemetery at the corner of the cross roads.  Captain Chaplain Williams performed the ceremony.
Description: Hgt 5 ft 7.  Dark complexion
Informant: Meldrum, H D, 2277  58 Batt, A Coy.

 

https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1049455--1-.pdf

 

 

Mentioned in this publication:

Johnston C P Pte 139 Item in Essendon Gazette 24 Feb 1915.

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Anzac Honoured Dead 15 Jul 1916

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour killed

 

No In Memoriam notices in The Argus to 1920

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