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Herbert John JOHNSON

Regimental number3341
Place of birthLottah, Tasmania
SchoolNot known
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Daisy Johnson, 325 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Previous military serviceHe served as a steward, on different naval boats.
Enlistment date1 May 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 July 1918
Place of death or woundingNot known
Age at death26
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III< Row D, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eunice and the late James JOHNSON; husband of Daisy JOHNSON, 285 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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