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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Johnstone Kenneth Correze
|Army number=91767
|Rank=2/Lt
|Date of birth=17/9/1916
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th Bn 8/7/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 1/9/39, Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 5/4/1940, Motor Transport Course May 1940, Iceland, Posted temporarily to GHQ School of Infantry 18/2/1943, Posted to Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943, Back to 11th Bn DLI, Posted as an OCTU Instructor, Released as Hon Major 1946. Captain (Hon) TARO 1/9/1948, Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 17/9/1966 - granted rank of Hon Major.
|Company/Battery=A Company, HQ Company, S Company
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier
|Task or role=Transport Officer, O.C., Instructor, Company Commander
|Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39
|Promotions=A/Captain 16/8/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 16/11/1940, W/S Captain 24/12/1943, T/Major 17/3/1945
|Home address=Educated Coxlodge Hall School, Newcastle. Sales Manager.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

To listen to a detailed interview with Kenneth Johnstone, conducted by Peter M Hart, Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008976

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 |Date of birth=17/9/1916
 |Age=89 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion 8/7/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/9/39.  Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 on 5/4/1940.  Motor Transport Course May 1940 (confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940).  Served Iceland.  Posted temporarily to GHQ School of Infantry 18/2/1943.  Posted to Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943.  Returned to 11th Battalion DLI.  Posted as an OCTU Instructor.  Released as Hon Major 1946.  Captain (Hon) TARO 1/9/1948.  Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 17/9/1966 - granted rank of Honorary Major.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion 8/7/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/9/39.  Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 on 5/4/1940.  Motor Transport Course May 1940 (confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940).  Served Iceland.  Posted temporarily to GHQ School of Infantry 18/2/1943.  Posted to Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943 after discussion with Lord Rowallan.  Returned to 11th Battalion DLI.  Posted as an OCTU Instructor - in the Carrier Wing.  Released as Hon Major 1946.  Captain (Hon) TARO 1/9/1948.  Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 17/9/1966 - granted rank of Honorary Major.
 |Company/Battery=A Company, HQ Company, S Company.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier Platoon
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier Platoon.
 |Task or role=Transport Officer, O.C., Instructor, Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
 |Promotions=A/Captain 16/8/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 16/11/1940, W/S Captain 24/12/1943, T/Major 17/3/1945.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered January 2006 at Bath in Somerset.
-|Home address=Father - Laurence Correze Johnstone - mother Gertrude Floye Smith.  Educated Coxlodge Hall School, Newcastle.  Sales Manager.  Lived in Newcastle, Orpington and Westminster, London.
+|Home address=Father - Laurence Correze Johnstone (1881 - 1937) - mother Gertrude Floye Smith (1882 - 1952).  Educated Coxlodge Hall School, Newcastle.  Sales Manager.  Lived in Newcastle, Orpington and Westminster, London.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Kenneth Johnstone, conducted by Peter M Hart, Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008976

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Date of birth=17/9/1916
-|Age=0
+|Age=89 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion 8/7/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/9/39.  Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 on 5/4/1940.  Motor Transport Course May 1940 (confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940).  Served Iceland.  Posted temporarily to GHQ School of Infantry 18/2/1943.  Posted to Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943.  Returned to 11th Battalion DLI.  Posted as an OCTU Instructor.  Released as Hon Major 1946.  Captain (Hon) TARO 1/9/1948.  Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 17/9/1966 - granted rank of Hon Major.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion 8/7/1939.  Embodied 24/8/1939.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 1/9/39.  Posted 169 OCTU Course No 4 on 5/4/1940.  Motor Transport Course May 1940 (confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940).  Served Iceland.  Posted temporarily to GHQ School of Infantry 18/2/1943.  Posted to Highland Fieldcraft School 20/5/1943.  Returned to 11th Battalion DLI.  Posted as an OCTU Instructor.  Released as Hon Major 1946.  Captain (Hon) TARO 1/9/1948.  Ceased TARO liability on age grounds 17/9/1966 - granted rank of Honorary Major.
 |Company/Battery=A Company, HQ Company, S Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier Platoon

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 |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39.
 |Promotions=A/Captain 16/8/1940, W/S Lt and T/Captain 16/11/1940, W/S Captain 24/12/1943, T/Major 17/3/1945.
-|Home address=Educated Coxlodge Hall School, Newcastle.  Sales Manager.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered January 2006 at Bath in Somerset.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 To listen to a detailed interview with Kenneth Johnstone, conducted by Peter M Hart, Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008976