JOHNSON, John Stobart
| Service Number: | 5118 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Gosford, Gosford Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, United Kingdom, 22 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5118, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5118, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 22nd June…… John Stobart Johnson was born at Merewether, near Newcastle, New South Wales in 1893.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 27th September, 1915 as a 22 year old, single, Labourer from Fern Hill, Gosford, New South Wales.
Private John Stobart Johnson, Service number 5118, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on S.S. Makarini on 1st April, 1916 with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, 16th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 2nd May, 1916.
On 10th August, 1916 Private Johnson proceeded to France from 1st Training Battalion at Perham Downs, Wiltshire, England. (The Statement of Service form recorded he proceeded overseas to France on 9th August, 1916)
[Note: The is no mention in Private Johnson’s Service Record file of when he was transferred from Suez to England]
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was taken on strength of 1st A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 11th August, 1916. Private Johnson proceeded to join his Unit on 27th December, 1916 & was taken on strength of 3rd Battalion in France on 30th December, 1916 from Reinforcements.
Private John Stobart Johnson was wounded in action in France on 4th May, 1917. He was admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance on 5th May, 1917 & transferred the same day to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station with shrapnel wound/s to Back. Private Johnson was admitted to 2nd Canadian General Hospital at Le Treport on 8th May, 1917. He was transferred to Boulogne, France on 10th June, 1917 & embarked the same day on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel for England.
On 11th June, 1917 Private Johnson was admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, England with Concussion, Dorsal Cord Paralysis below Hips & was reported to be dangerously ill. He was transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England on 18th June, 1917.
Private John Stobart Johnson died at 3.45 pm on 22nd June, 1917 at 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park, Harefield, Middlesex, England from wounds received in action in France – G.S.W. Spine & (secondary) ascending Pyelitis.
He was buried in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Harefield, Middlesex, England where 112 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/h---k.html
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