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Sydney New South Wales [42]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33]

Melbourne Victoria [25]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22]

Belfast, Antrim [21]

Edinburgh [15]

Brisbane Queensland [14]

Glasgow Scotland [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Brunswick New South Wales [13]

Shetland, Scotland [11]

Hobart Tasmania [10]

Carlton Victoria [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Belfast [8]

Carlisle, Cumberland [8]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [7]

Aberdeen Scotland [6]

Glasgow [6]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [6]

VIC Victoria [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Euroa Victoria [5]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Richmond Victoria [5]

Townsville Queensland [5]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [4]

Buninyong Victoria [4]

Edinburgh Scotland [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Scotland [4]

Walcha New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Belfast, Down [3]

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080]

Serjeant [262]

Gunner [256]

Corporal [218]

Driver [193]

Sapper [186]

Second Lieutenant [164]

Lieutenant [144]

Lance Corporal [140]

Captain [113]

Acting Corporal [54]

Major [45]

Pioneer [37]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Bombardier [26]

Rifleman [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [16]

Sister [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Worker [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Temporary Captain [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Sergeant [9]

Staff Nurse [9]

Nursing Sister [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Reverend [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358]

Labour Corps [301]

Royal Field Artillery [285]

Royal Scots [273]

Army Service Corps [272]

Royal Irish Rifles [248]

Highland Light Infantry [197]

Royal Garrison Artillery [186]

Royal Army Medical Corps [177]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159]

Gordon Highlanders [155]

Royal Highlanders [152]

Scottish Rifles [146]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137]

Machine Gun Corps [136]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [122]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [119]

Canadian Infantry [110]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [110]

Seaforth Highlanders [108]

Border Regiment [97]

Northumberland Fusiliers [92]

Cameron Highlanders [79]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Royal Naval Division [68]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [44]

Manchester Regiment [41]

Royal Irish Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [29]

Scots Guards [29]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal Air Force [22]

Tank Corps [21]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400]

Australian Imperial Force [642]

Royal Navy [432]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

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K [6]

W [5]

C [4]

S [4]

L [2]

R [2]

A [1]

B [1]

D [1]

H [1]

M [1]

O [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892]

Merchant Navy [224]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Canada [7]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

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Sydney New South Wales [42] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [33] Melbourne Victoria [25] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [23] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [22] Belfast, Antrim [21] Edinburgh [15] Brisbane Queensland [14] Glasgow Scotland [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Brunswick New South Wales [13] Shetland, Scotland [11] Hobart Tasmania [10] Carlton Victoria [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Belfast [8] Carlisle, Cumberland [8] Edinburgh, Midlothian [7] Aberdeen Scotland [6] Glasgow [6] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [6] North Shields, Northumberland, England [6] VIC Victoria [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Euroa Victoria [5] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Richmond Victoria [5] Townsville Queensland [5] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Bunbury Western Australia [4] Buninyong Victoria [4] Edinburgh Scotland [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Scotland [4] Walcha New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Belfast, Down [3] Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Rank

Private [3080] Serjeant [262] Gunner [256] Corporal [218] Driver [193] Sapper [186] Second Lieutenant [164] Lieutenant [144] Lance Corporal [140] Captain [113] Acting Corporal [54] Major [45] Pioneer [37] Acting Serjeant [33] Lieutenant Colonel [29] Bombardier [26] Rifleman [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Staff Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [16] Sister [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Worker [13] Able Seaman [12] Temporary Captain [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Colonel [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Sergeant [9] Staff Nurse [9] Nursing Sister [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Reverend [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5] Trooper [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4] Serjeant Major [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [358] Labour Corps [301] Royal Field Artillery [285] Royal Scots [273] Army Service Corps [272] Royal Irish Rifles [248] Highland Light Infantry [197] Royal Garrison Artillery [186] Royal Army Medical Corps [177] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [159] Gordon Highlanders [155] Royal Highlanders [152] Scottish Rifles [146] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [137] Machine Gun Corps [136] Royal Irish Fusiliers [122] King's Own Scottish Borderers [119] Canadian Infantry [110] Royal Scots Fusiliers [110] Seaforth Highlanders [108] Border Regiment [97] Northumberland Fusiliers [92] Cameron Highlanders [79] London Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [69] Liverpool Regiment [68] Royal Naval Division [68] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Army Service Corps [44] Manchester Regiment [41] Royal Irish Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Cheshire Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Lancaster Regiment [29] Scots Guards [29] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal Air Force [22] Tank Corps [21] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [19] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19] Royal Flying Corps [19]

Service

British Army [4753] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1400] Australian Imperial Force [642] Royal Navy [432] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [394] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [235] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

J [8123] K [6] W [5] C [4] S [4] L [2] R [2] A [1] B [1] D [1] H [1] M [1] O [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7892] Merchant Navy [224] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Canada [7] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2]

John Johnston

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14012 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 4657 Corporal 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Albert Johnston

Born 1892

Died 1976

Australian Imperial Force 7564 2nd Lieutenant 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Evans Clement Stuart Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26777 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 3443 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 40243 Private Royal Scots 11th Battalion

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Andrew Johnston

Died 1917

British Army 12565 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles William Johnston

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1851 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 41st Bn

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Frederick Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1951

Australian Imperial Force 2152 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Andrew David Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 9446 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Clyde Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1980

Australian Imperial Force 6279 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alexander Keith Johnston

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy F895

Royal Navy Temporary Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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Hugh Mccoll Johnston

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps Attached to 1 Royal Dragoons

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Wellwood Maxwell Johnston

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 4020 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 4020 Acting Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 4020 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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William Park Johnston

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 20795 Private Royal Scots

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John Johnston

Died 1916

British Army 6641 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200235 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Andrew Peter Johnston

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army RX4/275123 Private Army Service Corps Remounts (Romsey)

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Robert Bolt Johnston

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/41139 Private Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 6th Battalion

British Army S/23564 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Victor Malcolm Johnston

Born 1890

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 3068 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Ernest Johnston

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Major Seaforth Highlanders 6th (Morayshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Herbert George Johnston

Born 1892

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 6103 Gunner Field Artillery Brigade 3

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James Cecil Johnston

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

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