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Herbert Calmit JOHNSON

Regimental number4212
Place of birthGundagai, New South Wales
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
AddressCorryong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Mr H P Johnson, Corryong, Victoria
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEldest son was left without a mother at 7. From that time to date of enlistment greatly assisted his father in rearing a younger brother and two younger sisters most faithfully and devotedly.
FateDied of wounds 16 May 1918
Place of death or woundingStrazel
Age at death23.6
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLa Kreule Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 17), Hazebrouck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert Powell and Elizabeth Wauigh JOHNSON, Corryong, Victoria. Native of Gundagai, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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