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Alexander JOHNSTON

Regimental number5384
Place of birthStrathbogie, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressStrathbogie, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinFather, Joseph Johnston, Strathbogie, Victoria
Enlistment date10 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 May 1917
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialBoulogne Eastern Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 42), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Euroa Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Joseph and Isabella Louisa JOHNSTON, Belford Road, East Kew, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2113 Pte James JOHNSTON, 44th Bn, killed in action, 10 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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