Russell Edward JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON, Russell Edward

Service Number: 408284
Enlisted: 15 August 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 December 1910
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Victorian Cremation Memorial, Victoria Cremation Memorial, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Cremation Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 408284
15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
15 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 408284
12 Apr 1942: Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Thomas Edward and Ruby May Johnston

Husband of Jean Valda Johnston of North Fitzroy, Victoria

 

RAAF Oxford aircraft AT439 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook crashed at Beech Forest, Victoria - all crew killed:

Sergeant Theodore William Penn 407908

Leading Aircraftman Russell Edward Johnston 408284

Leading Aircraftman John Robert Black 409376