JOHNSTON, Matthew Alexander
(Service number 78598)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 05/01/1899 | Place of Birth | Ashburton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Wai-iti Road, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | William JOHNSTON (father), Bank of Australasia, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 43rd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 11 October 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 July 1961 | Age | 62 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Matthew Alexander johnson was the son of William and Allison Shanks (née Lithgow) Johnston. Trooper M. A. Johnston returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August. He married Rhona Estelle Matson in 1927.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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