SOCIAL AT HOOK
A SOCIAL AND PRESENTATION will be tendered to Sergeant J. B. Johnston and Private P. M. Martin in the Hook Hall on SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, at 8 p.m. Admission: Gents 2/-, Ladies a basket. -Timaru Herald, 11/8/1940.
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
SERGEANT J. B. JOHNSTON
Sergeant J. B. Johnston, who has been killed in action In Libya, is a son of Mr J. W. Johnston, of Hook. When he enlisted for overseas service he was a teacher at the Waimate Primary School. He was born at Cromwell in 1918 and received his early education at the Convent School in that town, and also at the Waimate School and the Marist Brothers’ School in Timaru. He later attended St. Kevin’s College and studied at home for two years. After attending the Waimate High School he entered the Christchurch Training College.
Sergeant Johnston took a prominent part in swimming, football, boxing and a number of other sports. Mr and Mrs Johnston’s other son, Private Frederick Johnston, was serving in the same unit as his brother in Libya. In a recent letter home he stated that he had declined to go into a training school as that would probably mean separation from his brother.
A full assembly of the Waimate Primary School stood to attention yesterday morning while the flag was lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect to Sergeant Johnston. The headmaster, Mr J. M. Wilson, referred to the death on active service of a young soldier who, during his term at the school, had endeared himself to pupils and teachers alike. -Timaru Herald, 9/12/1941.
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