Regimental number | 3367 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Stationer |
Address | 59 Pilgrim Streets, Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Son of James W and Mary (nee Wainwright) Johnson. Married Matilda (nee Page) and had a son, Robert, who died in 1912 aged 12 months. Matilda died on 31 March 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to 59th from 2nd Training Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916; taken on strength 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916, and reverted to the ranks. Promoted Corporal, 4 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Effects in German hands, 16 September 1916, now to be reported as killed in action on 19 July 1916. Handwritten note on bottom of B.103, 'presumed buried in No Man's Land at approx 5J90.43 to 5K.0.251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Translation of German report, 29 October 1919, 'Identification Disc handed over by the Intelligence Officer with the 6th Army Headquarters Staff through M.A. (Central Office for deceased Estates), 2/10/16 ... Australian Soldier R.W. Johnson, Corporal, 59th Battalion, Identification Disc 3367, fell in the neighbourhood of Fromelles on 19/7/16.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Wife's address subsequently 3 Cowper Street, Footscray, Victoria; then 522 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria; then, 1 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JOHNSON Robert William
Red Cross file 1450306 |