William Sydney Forster Johnston

Died 27 November 1941

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Service number
12004 AWMM
Also known as
Armed force / branch
Army AWMM
Last rank
Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Armoured Corps, Divisional Cavalry AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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William Sydney Forster AWMM
Surname
Johnston AWMM
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12004 AWMM
Gender
Male AWMM
Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Campaign
Western Desert AWMM
Armed force / branch
Army AWMM
Service number
12004 AWMM
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- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

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WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM Armoured Corps AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

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Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Armoured Corps, Divisional Cavalry AWMM

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Son of John Goring Johnston and of Alice Margaret Johnston (nee Cameron) of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay

Boxing Blue, Oxford University. AWMM

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27 November 1941 AWMM
Age 39 AWMM
Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
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Killed on Active Service AWMM
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Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. H. 6. AWMM
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External links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2116417
Sources Used
References
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  p.244 AWMM
- Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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