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Private JAMES ALEXANDER KIRKHAM JOHNSTON

Service Number: 5064
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

IV. B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of James and Emily Johnston, of Beech Hill House, Coupar Angus, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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