| Regimental number | 31293 |
| Place of birth | Taranaki |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Next of kin | Father, Cosslett Johnston, Normanby, Taranaki |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, near Bapaume, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Coslett and Annie Johnston, Normanby, New Plymouth |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This NCO was one of a party of five which held at bay a flanking party of the enemy estimated to be the strength of a Company near Hebuterne on 27th March 1918. He went forward with a Sergeant and one man, and after inflicting severe casualties upon the enemy, the party rushed them, taking one Officer and forty-two other ranks prisoner.'
Source: 'London Gazette' Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 9 |