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Updates for Private William Henry Johnstone
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26/06/2021 Private Johnstone arrived in the Balkans with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 25th May 1915.
26/06/2021 Private William Henry Johnstone is listed on page 44 of the Fivemiletown book, from which most of these details come from. Many thanks to Mark Byers for the information.
26/06/2021 The CWGC also record Private W H Johnstone as the husband of Margaret Brown Campbell Johnstone, of 29 Grace Street, Anderston, Glasgow.
26/06/2021 The CWGC record Private Johnstone as the son of William and Susan Henry Johnstone.
26/06/2021 Private William Henry Johnstone is commemorated locally on the Fivemiletown War Memorial.
26/06/2021 Private William Henry Johnstone has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
26/06/2021 William was the husband of Margaret Brown Campbell Johnstone. They lived at 29 Grace Street, Anderston, Glasgow.
26/06/2021 The family moved to Glasgow. His father was a joiner and latterly a labourer in the docks.
26/06/2021 Known family: William Johnstone, Susan Henry Johnstone, Sarah Johnstone (born 16th January 1888), William Henry Johnstone (born 5th January 1889), Robert Johnstone (born 11th March 1890).
26/06/2021 William Henry Johnstone was born on 5th January 1889 in Ballyvaddan, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. He was christened in St John’s Parish Church, Fivemiletown.
26/06/2021 William Henry Johnstone was the son of William and Susan Henry Johnstone. William Johnstone and Susan Hillock were married on 2nd November 1887 in the district of Dungannon.
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30/12/2015 Private William Johnstone was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 27 January 1917. He was 27 years old.
30/12/2015 William Johnstone enlisted in Glasgow.
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