Donald Clark Johnston (2 December 1894 – 13 September 1918) was an English first-class

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er and British Army officer. The son of John and Frances Johnston, he was born in Shanghai in December 1894. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, Johnston played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1914, making two appearances against G. J. V. Weigall's XI at Oxford and L. G. Robinson's XI at

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. Johnston served in the British Army during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary

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in the

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in October 1914. By October 1917, he was a temporary

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, a rank which he relinquished having ceased to command a battalion. He was again made an acting captain in January 1918, before relinquishing the rank once more in July 1918. He had been promoted to the full rank of lieutenant the previous month. Johnston was seriously wounded during an assault on Hill 158 on 30 July 1918 as part of the Second Battle of the Marne. He died of his wounds on 13 September 1918 at

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in France.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Donald 1894 births 1918 deaths Sportspeople from Shanghai People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Cameronians officers British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in World War I