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Cenotaph record

Melville Johnstone

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Melville AWMM
  • Surname
    Johnstone AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 June 1888 Martyn Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay Martyn
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 R. Johnstone (father), Motuotaraia, Waipukurau AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    16 July 1917 AWMMKilled on Air Operations, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlisted with the Imperial Forces and then recieved a commission with the Royal Flying Corps. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 July 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Air Operations AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Longuenesse St Omer Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France AWMM IV. C. 58. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Memorial

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