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Arthur C JOHNSON

Regimental number895
Place of birthGt Shelford, Cambridge, England
SchoolParish Church School, Croydon
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAb
Address25 Jackson Street, Toorak, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lucy Johnson, Edwards Road, Croydon, Surrey, England
Previous military serviceServed twelve years in the Royal Marine Artillery
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name6th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGiven name on RoHc Arthur Chaplin
FateKilled in Action
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death15 August 1915
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialShrapnal Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Lucy Ann JOHNSON, 3 Vincent's Road, Dorking, Surrey. Native of Great Shelford, Cambridge, England

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