JOHNSON, William Herbert
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Brighton, SA, 12 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Church of England Minister |
| Died: | Melbourne, Vic., 16 July 1960, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Kew War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1917: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1917: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
REV W H JOHNSON
Dean-elect of Newcastle
POPULAR MINISTER- Rev. William Herbert Johnson, B.A. rector of St. Cuthbert's Church of England. Prospect, and dean-elect of Newcastle, New South Wales), will leave to take up his new duties in about three months. He will remain at St. Cuthbert's until a new rector is appointed to that cure. A son of the late Mr. Samuel Johnson,M.A., who for 41 .years was superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Brighton, Mr. Johnson is popular in the northern suburb. He has been stationed there since he returned from the war,where he was a chaplain with the Australian Imperial Forces. He takes a keen interest in the activities of Prospect sub branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, of which he is chaplain. His popularity among the returned men has been shown by the large number who attended the evening service at St. Cuthbert's on Anzac Sunday. Mr. Johnson is also connected with Prospect Freemasons, Walkerville Babies Home, and the Church of England Men's Society. Recently he returned from a trip to Britain, the expenses of which were defrayed by his parishioners. Mr. Johnson was educated at Glenelg Grammar School and St. Peter's College before entering Adelaide University. Later he was at St. John's College, Melbourne, where he studied under Dean Stephen (a retiring Bishop of Newcastle). He was ordained by Dr. Henry Lowther Clarke (a former Archbishop of Melbourne) in 1913, and the following year took priest's orders. He served at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, under Canon Sutton, before leaving for France with the Australian troops. Twice recently Mr. Johnson has been offered parishes in eastern States. Returned soldiers at Prospect intend to arrange a fitting farewell to him.
News Monday 07 May 1928 page 6
Bishop Of Ballarat Dies
MELBOURNE. Friday.The Bishop of Ballarat, Rt Rev. Dr. W. H. Johnson, died early today.
He was fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Ballarat, created 97 years ago. He was born 71 years ago in Adelaide and went to N.S.W. in 1928 to become Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, where he remained until his appointment as Bishop of Ballarat in 1936.
The Canberra Times Saturday 16 July 1960 page 5
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