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Thomas William JOHNSON

Regimental number3611
Place of birthSt Kilda, Victoria
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolSt Josephs (Catholic), South Yarra, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address18 Gladstone avenue, Malvern
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, William Joseph Johnson, Same Address
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces - 10 years
Enlistment date22 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentCQMS
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 2, Headquarters, Section 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Clifton, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. He served in the Citizen Military Forces for 10 years before the great war, and took a keen interest in the Signal Section to which he was attached, he also took a big interest in the Boy Scouts and was Scout Master of the Malvern district.
FateDied of disease 10 November 1918
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHitchin Cemetery (Row W, Grave No. 164), Hertford
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Joseph and Catherine Helen JOHNSON; husband of C.A. JOHNSON, 29 Bedord Street, Hitchin, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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