Johnstone Kenneth Correze 2/Lt 91767
Personnel Entry
Name Johnstone Kenneth Correze
Army number 91767
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
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 (confirmed by Weekly Return of Officers as at 5/5/1940), 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
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
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
