Charles JOHNSON

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Service Number:	982
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Kildare, Ireland, 1876
Home Town:	Gunning, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Died of wounds - chest wound causing gangrene in the lung, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 14 September 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 209, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 982, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 982, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
6 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 982, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the chest and invalided to Alexandria on 12 August 1915 Had 2 or 3 operations to no avail

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Son of Ellen Johnson of 55 Roberts Street, Hampstead Road, London, England

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

Also served in the Royal Marines