Francis Lyall Edwin (Jimmy) JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Francis Lyall Edwin

Service Numbers: WX40834, 442077
Enlisted: 22 August 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 9 September 1916
Home Town: West Leederville, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Post-operative haemorrhage, St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia, 1 March 1957, aged 40 years
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Section EA, Gravesite 0185
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World War 2 Service

22 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX40834
15 Apr 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX40834
18 Apr 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 442077
27 Mar 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 442077

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Biography contributed by Robert Johnson

My father was called "Jimmy" by his mother from when he was a baby for a reason lost in time.  His father's  name was Frank Johnson.  Jimmy believed he had been christened James Frank Johnson and that is what he wrote on his Army enlistment form.  It came as quite a surprise to him when his unit commander informed him that his birth certificate showed his name as Francis Lyall Edwin Johnson.