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• Eric Strachan Johnston

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Born: 5 June 1893

Died: 3 October 1951

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Name recorded

• Eric Johnston

Service number

• Service number 2615

Ranks

• Held rank of Sapper
• Held rank of Lance Corporal

Birth records

• Born in Balmain, NSW, Australia
• 5 June 1893 in Balmain, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 3 October 1951 in Hurstville, NSW, Australia

Life events

• Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Suffolk

Address

• Montrose, Spencer Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Johnston, S
• Father - Samuel Johnston
• Mother - Jane Faulkner Neilsen
• Wife - Jean Callcutt Stewart

Organisation

• 14th Field Company Engineers

Main sources

• Johnston Eric : SERN 2615 : POB Balmain NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK F Johnston S (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Eric Johnston (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll - Eric Johnston (webpage)
• Sapper E. Johnston (photograph)
• CASUALTIES. 196th LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• JOHNSTON E. S. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• JOHNSTON E. S. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Johnston, E.S. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Johnston, E.S. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour