GENERAL JOHNSTON'S DEATH
■ ..in. w' f-jtm . ' ' '1 ■ A TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY. i'4> (From Captain Malcolm Ross, Spec3»ljv4 War Correspondent with the kew- Ztft.Forces.) August 7 ' •••! Brigadier-General F. E. Johnston wSa Hdlled this morning in the. front line Warheton, by . a sniper's bullet, • death being instantaneous. He had lately been* v'J in command of the Infantry fieserve Group in Kngland, and had oply a few days back in France. Only day. hf. attended a conference at sional Headquarters, and to his dlj friends had expressed his delight at gpt* i« ting back to the front again. He VU ft very brave soldier and scorned danger, He has been killed on the morning of the second anniversary of his fonnei brigade's attack on Chunuk Bahr, on which occasion he fearlessly exposed i y{ himself when launching the assault. His family is one that ihas not spared itsoU ''*S in this war, four of his brothers, | of whom was killed, having enlisted* The funeral takes place to-morrow. 18, the cemetery where •Brigadier ~ J 'A Browu was buried. ? M
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1917, Page 5
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174GENERAL JOHNSTON'S DEATH Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1917, Page 5
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