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Corporal ALEXANDER JOHNSTON

Service Number: 14586
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

5th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 January 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IRINGA CEMETERY

II. A. 2.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Johnston; husband of Doris Johnston, of 60, Oakfield Rd., Clifton, Bristol, England. A Subaccountant at Land Bank, Pretoria. Born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

IRINGA CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 148
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