Robert Johnston (VC) - Later Years

Later Years

In 1911 Johnston returned to Ireland and joined the Prison Service. He was Commandant of the POW camp at Oldcastle 1914-15, and was appointed Governor of His Majesty's Convict Prison at Maryborough in 1915, before returning to Oldcastle in 1916. In 1918 he was appointed a Resident Magistrate. He later settled in Kilkenny where he died. Conflicting sources give his date of death as either 1950 or 1970. He was buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Inistioge, County Kilkenny.

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