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Robert Andrew Johnston

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Johnston AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob AWMM
  • Service number
    • 1209 AWMM
    • 2014 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Maharalin, Armagh AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 23 May 1842 AWMM Ireland AWMM
    • Pre 7 December 1863 AWMM Hobart, Tasmania, Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mary Johnston (wife), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Single AWMM
    • Pre 2 January 1864 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married, 3 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • Pre WW1/Regular Military Service
      2nd Embarkation AWMM

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    From burns received in a house fire AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Mary (nee Henderson) Johnston.

    Father of about 5 children

    Applied for the New Zealand medal with the service number 1280, but does not appear to have received it

    Born 1818 or 1819 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 May 1894 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    NZHistoric Places Trust. The Waikato War website
    http://www.hamiltonwaikato.com/the-waikato-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Waikato Times AWMM
      Fire at Cambridge (15 May 1894), Waikato Times, p. 3 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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