Johnston, H. A. S. (Hugh Anthony Stephen)

found: Who's who 2008 & who was who, via WWW, Aug. 8, 2008(Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen; b. Dec. 7, 1913, d. Dec. 9, 1967: publications: (as A Fighter Pilot) Tattered battlements, 1943; (as Hugh Sturton) Zomo the Rabbit, 1966; (under own name) A Selection of Hausa Stories, 1966; The Fulani Empire of Sokoto, 1967)

found: Harmattan, a wind of change, 2010:p. 1 (Tim, christened Hugh Anthony Stephen; b. Belfast)

found: Goodreads page for Tattered battlements, January 27, 2023(Hugh Anthony Stephen (Tim) Johnston; Tim Johnston was the son of James Johnston, Indian Civil Servant; In 1936, Johnston entered the Overseas Civil Service, in which he was eventually to make his career. This was interrupted during the war, when he served from 1940 to 1945 in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR). He rose to the rank of Wing Commander, and won the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Bar; After returning to the Colonial Service, Johnston was was awarded the OBE in 1954 and the CMG in 1959. The following year, he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Northern Region of Nigeria. Johnston returned home in 1961 to become the Director of the Overseas Resettlement Bureau, a post which he held till 1965. He then entered a new occupation as Clerk to the city Parochial Foundation, and a year later published two volumens of tales which demonstrated the width of his interest in the Africa he had served - 'A Selection of Hausa Stories', and (under the name of Hugh Sturton) 'Zomo the Rabbit') - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909600-tattered-battlements

found: National Portrait Gallery website, January 27, 2023(Hugh Anthony Stephen Johnston (1913-1967), Fighter pilot and colonial administrator)