James Paul JOHNS

Regimental number643
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
SchoolSailors Gully State School, Eaglehawk, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressSailors' gully Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinSister, Mrs Emily Murdoch, Sailors' gully Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Enlistment date11 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 6, Reinforcement 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/11/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 10 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, row B, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Silas and Ellen ELizabeth JOHNS; brother of Mrs E. MURDOCK, Sailsors Gully Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria