Ernest Richard Johnston

Forenames

Ernest Richard AWMM

Surname

Johnston AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/381 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

28 May 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Richard Johnston (father), Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/381 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

11 Nov 1919 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Tararu Public Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand AWMM Section 130. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18054019
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643265/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643265
  Further Reference
• 'Roll of Honour' Thames Herald, 12 November 1919
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19191112.2.33
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 372
• Thames Star
  Thames Star. (1916, September 19). "Hearty welcome".
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.