Newtown lock Ray Johnston was born on 16 May 1915 in Petersham, NSW. He died on 1 September 1939 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17620054). His full name was Raymond Keith Johnston.
The rep games on Ray's profile for 1938-1942, which were played at fullback, are listed in newspapers as R. Johnson, of South Sydney and later (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104626262) Cessnock. I believe this would be Dick Johnson, whose details are available from westsarchives.com.au (https://westsarchives.com.au/wests-players/allen-carlyle-dick-johnson/). The profile R Johnson for Cessnock 1941 would probably also be Dick. (I'm guessing there was an assumption that 'Dick' was short for Richard, but this was not the case)
| City Seconds vs Country Seconds (4 Jun 1938) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/38448) | R Johnson (South Sydney) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17469698) |
| Sydney Firsts vs New Zealand (6 Jul 1938) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36500) | R Johnson (SS) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127501060) |
| City Firsts vs Country Firsts (3 Jun 1939) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22195) | R Johnson (SS) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230893843) |
| Country Firsts vs City Firsts (7 Jun 1941) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22197) | R Johnson (Cessnock) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221877620) |
| Country Firsts vs City Firsts (4 Jul 1942) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/22198) | R Johnson (Cessnock) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247990965) |
| Rest of NSW vs Fighting Services (26 Sep 1942) (https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/40131) | R Johnson (Cessnock) (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17827094) |
Yes Max I agree back when these games were done I was updating a spreadsheet and Andrew was inputting into the database my spreadsheets list R Johnson and Andrew has assumed this to be Ray Johnston by the look of it. I will update RLP to reflect these games as Dick Johnson.
Alternatively I suspect that the games listed against Dick Johnson for Newtown in 1934 are in fact Ray Johnston despite all media referring to him as R Johnson in 1934.
I have updated both Ray Johnston & Dick Johnson to reflect the above I have also added comments on each to explain the confusion between the 2 players.