JOHNSON, Frank
| Service Number: | 3162 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Spring Hill, Young, New South Wales, Australia, May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wambanumba Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | SW to face, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England., United Kingdom, 20 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Cambridge Borough Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 3640), Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Young Old Boys and Residents of Wambanumba Honor Roll, Young St. John the Evangelist Church Great War Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3162, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3162, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3162, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 27 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3162, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, DoW 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Cause of death from wounds received in action – SW to Face, Shock, Sepsis & Haemorrhage. | |
| 20 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3162, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3162 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-20 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 20th October.....Private Frank Johnson was born at Spring Hill, Young, NSW in 1889. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 13th September, 1916 as a 27 year old Labourer from Young, NSW.
Private Frank Johnson embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Suevic (A29) on 11th November, 1916 with the 55th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 30th January, 1917. He was posted to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 1st February, 1917.
Private Johnson was transferred to 63rd Battalion on 27th April, 1917. He proceeded overseas to France on 23rd August, 1917 & was transferred to 36th Battalion. Private Johnson joined 36th Battalion at the Front on 1st September, 1917.
Private Frank Johnson was wounded in action in Belgium on 12th October, 1917. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship St. Denis on 16th October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to face & was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England on 17th October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to face. He was reported as dangerously ill.
The Red Cross Wounded & Missing file for Private Frank Johnson contains a description by Informant Private P. J. Golden, “D” Coy., 36th Battalion on how Private Johnson was injured. “Informant described Johnson as about 5 feet 10 inches high, slight build, dark hair, aged about 26. He came from Young District and left Australia with Informant per “Suevic” in 11.11.16.
Informant states that they both belonged to “D” Company, ad were members of the same Platoon. On 11.10.17 the Battalion was going into the line in preparation for the big stunt against Passchendaele, which took place the next day. On the march Johnson was behind Informant and said that he would change places with Informant. Johnson slipped behind him, and five or ten minutes afterwards a shell fell at the side of them. It was too dark to see, but Informant imagined that Johnson had been killed by that shell as he tried to find out further news of him, but unsuccessfully. Informant was wounded shortly afterwards by another shell. Informant added that Johnson was well liked by his mates.
Private Frank Johnson died on morning of 20th October, 1917 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Cause of death from wounds received in action – Gunshot wounds to Face, Shock, Sepsis & Haemorrhage.
Private Frank Johnson was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England where 22 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/city.html
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