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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. William Aitken Johnston

Mr. William Aitken Johnston , who has been dredgemaster of the Fairdown dredge from its start, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1881. He came to Port Chalmers with his parents by the ship “Trevelyn,” and was educated at Dunedin, and commenced his dredging experience in 1898, on the Richards Beach dredge, near Cromwell. After eight months' experience there, he was appointed winchman on the Fourteen Mile Beach dredge, and had further experience before being appointed to his present position in June, 1904. Mr Johnston went to South Africa as a member of the Eighth Contingent, and returned, unscathed, to the colony.