| Regimental number | 4/1172 |
| Address | Tuakau |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Father, Robert Johnston, Buckland, Auckland |
| Rank on embarkation | Sapper |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Lyttelton on board Tofua on |
| Final rank | Sapper |
| Final unit | New Zealand Engineers |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 3), near Ieper, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Johnston, Buckland, Auckland |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Eighth |