George Johnston

Major General George Jameson Johnston, (24 October 1868 – 23 May 1949) was a senior Australian Army officer during the First World War. Early life and career George Jameson Johnston was born on 24 October 1868 in East Melbourne, Victoria. He served as a member of the Fitzroy City Council from 1896 to 1899. In 1887, Johnston enlisted in the militia as a gunner in the Victorian Field Artillery. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1889 and promoted to captain in 1895. He and his wife married in the sistine chapel on 14 August 1897.