William Benjamin JOHNSTON

Regimental number9/1060
AddressKahuika
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Johnston, 29 Law Street, Caversham, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the 5th Reinforcement, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 7 'Limerick' and HMNZT 10 'Arawa'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 10 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialDivisional Cemetery, (Row K, Grave No 4), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth Johnston, Kahuika, Dunedin
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Fifth

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