Difference between revisions of "Johnstone Kenneth Correze 2/Lt 91767"
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|Rank=2/Lt | |Rank=2/Lt | ||
|Date of birth=17/9/1916 | |Date of birth=17/9/1916 | ||
− | |Age= | + | |Age=89 at the time of his death. |
− | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned 2/Lt 8th | + | |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 | + | |Company/Battery=A Company, HQ Company, S Company. |
− | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier | + | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Carrier Platoon. |
− | |Task or role=Transport Officer, O.C., Instructor, Company Commander | + | |Task or role=Transport Officer, O.C., Instructor, Company Commander. |
− | |Joined Brigade=01-Sep-39 | + | |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 | + | |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. |
+ | |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 | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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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 | 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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Personnel Entry
Name Johnstone Kenneth Correze
Army number 91767
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
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 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.
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.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered January 2006 at Bath in Somerset.
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