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Captain John Mcdonald Johnston
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I look forward to hearing back from you should you ever receive this message. Many thanks, Jan. |
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As you will probably know ,Major John Mcdonald Johnston 's army file is online at New Zealand archives, achives.govt.nz. It outlines his involvement in the Great War.He served as a quartermaster Officer in the NZRB for a time.Unfortunately his service was cut short due to illness.He did indeed serve in the 2nd South Africa(Boer) war,but there is no mention of which force he served in. I did find one reference to Johnston in the official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.Page 63 in a list of 3rd Battalion. officers....''Capt.J.McD Johnston to be Major ,and to be quartermater''. Regards Iain Last edited by pukman; 02-11-12 at 05:29 PM. |
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RSA badge
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Some details on your RSA badge if you've not been overwhelmed with info. Hard to really see, but I think that your badge is the "second issue" of these. This can be seen from the safety chain on the back of the badge. These were made by CM Bay of Wellington and were produced from early 1918 onwards. Badge was "downsized" to half its size in 1927 (various reasons for this: cost, fashion and a desire to identify those whose membership had lapsed). Chain was fitted because many badges were being lost and Bay took out a "patent" on this (RD 1019) and the badge itself was registered under the design RD861. Cost of this badge to the Association would have been 1/8 pence. Cheers Ray |
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A bit late in replying to this post but the Returned Soldier's Assoc badge comes from the later strike of this badge (around 1918). The "giveaway" is also the chain that was attached to a ring at the back of the crown.
I can't read the details on the badge but if you can see the letters "C B" in the front "D-shaped" panel this confirms it. If the letters "M K" are there then it is the first issue badge (1916-1918). |
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