Is this Hugh Johnstone?

Gethin - During the action at Kisii it seems Johnstone got bored having nothing to do, so went off for a stroll with his orderly and finding a shady tree went to sleep. When the time came to fall in and return to Kendu Johnnie Johnstone could not be found, so it was presumed he was either killed or wounded and was reported missing. When a Nubian deserter was brought before Lilley he produced a note from Johnstone, to say he could not understand why the British had retired as this was quite unnecessary as the Germans had also retired and the Kisii were having the time of their lives in the Boma. At the time he was writing the note he had collected a few stragglers and was holding the Boma against all comers till we returned. He laid special stress on looking after the British and German wounded and guarding them against the savage Kisii. The expressions on the faces of the KAR officers was worth seeing. I think if Johnstone had been there at the time they would have shot him! Johnstone was a Cockney and I think had served about 10 years in a cavalry regiment, being seconded to the Police as many were in those days. The tone of the letter was, to say the least, not what an NCO should write to his commanding officer, but Lilley found himself in an awkward position. He had retired 30 miles for no reason whatsoever. He had not confirmed the rumour which came in just before we left, that the Germans had evacuated the Boma and retired over the hill behind Nyanchwa Mission. And there was no way of getting away from the fact that Johnstone was doing a good job of work, if what he said was correct.

Ancestry Passenger list 1924 John W. Johnstone (40) and Mary (41). Civil servant, Tanganyika