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Oct 01, 1871 Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Died on 07 Aug 1917 (aged 45)
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About Francis Earl Johnston
- Brigadier General Francis Earl Johnston, (1 October 1871 – 7 August 1917) was a New Zealand-born British Army officer of the First World War, who served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
- Born in Wellington, he was educated in England.
- Joining the British Army, he served with the Prince of Wales’s North Staffordshire Regiment in the Sudan and later in the Second Boer War in South Africa.
- In New Zealand on secondment to the New Zealand Military Forces when the First World War began, he was posted to the NZEF as commander of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade.
- He led the brigade through most of the Gallipoli Campaign.
- Later, on the Western Front, he commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade and, for a brief period, the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
- He died as a result of sniper fire on 7 August 1917, one of three New Zealand brigadier generals killed during the war.
