Archibald Smith JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Archibald Smith

Service Numbers:	4595, V80526
Enlisted:	2 October 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1891
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1965, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment O, Section 18, Grave 34
Memorials:	Kingston Avenue of Honour (formerly Shire of Creswick), North Creswick State School No 2041 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

21 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4595, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne
21 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4595, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

2 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V80526

History

Archibald Smith Johnson, born Sebastopol was a single 25-year-old labourer at the time of his enlistment in Broadmeadows, Victoria on the 17th of February 1916. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Malwa on the 21st of March 1916.

He was discharged as medically unfit on the 15th of February 1918.

Archibald re-enlisted for WW2

Son of Sarah Burls and Charles Richard Johnson

He has a plaque on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Tree Information: Species: Populus Alba
Planted By: Miss E. Gillies
Plaque: 3413

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