Regimental number | 1040 |
Place of birth | Yorketown, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | Yorketown, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21.9 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Jack Johnson, Edinburgh, Yorke's Peninsula, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil (Exempt Area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 43rd Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/60/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Wounded in action, 9 June 1917 (gun shot wound, right forearm). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Beltana', 18 October 1917; discharged (wounded), Adelaide, 6 March 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 73 |
Place of burial | Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JOHNSON John James |