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Private Thomas Johnston

 

Number: 38564

Company: 29th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry

ENLISTMENT

Date: 2 January 1902

Place: Dublin

Age: 23 years

Trade of calling: Mail sorter, General Post Office

Place of birth: In the Parish of __, in or near the Town of Donnybrook, in the County of Dublin

Family: Father George Henry Johnston, retired draper, mother Teresa Mary (nee Lalley), of 41 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 8 1/8". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair black.

Religion: Church of England

DEATH

Date: 4 April 1902

Place: The Curragh, Ireland

Cause: Accidentally shot in the head by a bullet discharged by a Colt automatic gun during training.

Buried/ commemorated: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.

 

Belfast News-Letter, 7 April 1902

 

Dublin Daily Express, 9 April 1902

 

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