William Aitken Johnston

1878 - 1953  (74 years)

• Name	William Aitken Johnston
  Born	27 Mar 1878	Outram, Otago, New Zealand
  Christened	Y  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand
  Occupation	1902
  	bacon curer
  Occupation	1903  [2]
  	shop assistant
  Residence	1903	Helena Street, Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand   [2]
  Military Service	8 May 1915  [3]
  	Service No SA5925
  _UID	3522772925784922A86FA10F6159C463A7A9
  Buried	1953	Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand
  	Plot Plot 295; Aramoho, Monument Area Block A, 5
  Died	5 Mar 1953	Wanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I7030	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Johnston,   b. 1 Jun 1834, Perth, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 7 Sep 1910, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Jane Melville Aitken,   b. 26 Oct 1853, 258 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 14 Oct 1929, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand  (Age 75 years)
  Married	30 Apr 1875	West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand
  Family ID	F2283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Thompson,   b. 24 Apr 1878, Clive, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealnd ,   d. 19 Aug 1958, Wanganui, New Zealand  (Age 80 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1907	St Augustine Church, Petone, New Zealand   [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Melville Johnston,   b. 1 Dec 1907, Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 24 May 1985, Tauranga, New Zealand  (Age 77 years)   2. Robert James Johnston,   b. 22 Jan 1909, Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 26 Nov 1981, Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Zealand  (Age 72 years)   3. Dorothy Isobel Johnston,   b. 17 Aug 1910, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 23 Jun 2001, Whanganui, Australia  (Age 90 years)   4. William Henry Johnston,   b. 15 Jan 1912, New Zealand ,   d. 1987, New Zealand  (Age 74 years)   5. Rita Mary Johnston,   b. 15 Dec 1912, Paraparaumu, New Zealand ,   d. 11 Nov 1996, 7A Swiss Ave, Whanganui, New Zealand  (Age 83 years)   6. Cecil Harold Johnston,   b. 27 Jun 1914, New Zealand ,   d. 14 Apr 1982, Wanganui, New Zealand  (Age 67 years)   7. Thomas Andrew Johnston,   b. 1 Dec 1915, Taumarunui, New Zealand ,   d. 12 May 1919, Whanganui, New Zealand  (Age 3 years)   8. Helen Gladys Jean Johnston,   b. 19 Jun 1920, Whanganui, New Zealand ,   d. 28 Aug 2000, Whanganui, New Zealand  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F2733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  William A Johnston 1953 Mary A Thompson 1958 Thomas A Johnston 1919 Plot: lot 295; Aramoho, Monument Area Block A, 5

  
  

• Notes

  5925 WA Johnston served in South Africa with the 8th NZ Contingent, got dysentery, measles and pleurisy and had his health 'completely shattered'. There are many medical reports in his military service file in Archives NZ. He was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1902, Transvaal and Cape Colony. Enlisted 4 January 1902, returned 2 August 1902, 4 months served in Africa, mainly as Mess Sergeant in the Officers' Mess, 2 Regt 1 NZ Brigade. He contracted measles, pleurisy and bronchitis on the ship home (HMT Britannic). However, he was declared healthy and fit for work 18 February 1903 He served as a stoker in the Royal Navy (NZ Division) from June 1904 to January 1906; he was discharged from HMS Pyramus as an invalid in Sydney on 8 Jan 1906 . He was also an Instructor Sergeant on the NZ Defence Force during WWI from 1915 - 1919 (serving in NZ). When he enlisted in 1902 his occupation was bacon curer; he is also variously a carpenter's improver, a tram conductor, a railways surface man and a dredge hand.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S408] New Zealand Electoral Roll, (Digital images.), digital images (Reliability: 4). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4).