LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William Reginald Bell JOHNSTON
Service No: 1484
Born: Monkstown, Ireland, 8 February 1896
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 April 1929 (at RAAF Station Richmond NSW)
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Illness, Melbourne VIC, 2 April 1941, Aged 45 Years
Cremated: Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Bell Johnston and Henrietta Johnston; husband of Ruby Ethel Johnston, of St. Kilda
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 March 1941, Flight Sergeant Johnston, a Clerk Stores, was admitted to the Caulfield Repatriation General Hospital suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and he died on 2 April 1941.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/129/77