| Surname: | Johnston |
| Initials: | G M H |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7684947 |
| Notes: | CMP. He was born in Lancashire and resided in Glasgow. War Diary 15 Div Pro Coy, WO 166/462. 15 Division were stationed in Essex area. 16/9/1940 L/Cpl Johnston escorting a convoy, while negotiating an obstruction fatally injured on a motor cycle, died in Old Church Hospital, Romford. 20/9/1940 enguiry - Accidental death. Casualty List 324, Home, Died Result of Accident, 18/9/1940. Inscription on private gravestone in the form of an open book: In memory of L/Cpl Gavin Johnston, CMP, killed on active service 17th September 1940. From his fellow employees, Thornliebank Co-Operative Society, Ltd. Gavin Matt Hamilton Johnston. |
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| Date of Death: | Sept. 18, 1940 |
| Company: | 15 DIV PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2452923 |
| Cemetery: | GLASGOW (EASTWOOD) CEMETERY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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