JOHNSON, Allan Norval
| Service Number: | 2685 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Doodlakine, Kellerberrin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Highgate Hill School, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2685, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2685, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2685, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2685, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 2685, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Allan Norval Johnson was the son of John and Jane Johnson and had been born in Stawell, Victoria. He was generally known as ‘Jock’ to his family and friends. His father, John, had passed away in Stawell during 1899. At some stage after that the family moved to Western Australia.
Allan enlisted with the 28th Battalion but ended up in the 51st Battalion in France. He was reported missing after the unit made a large assault on Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916 and suffered heavy casualties.
He had two brothers who also served overseas, 2530 Private Edwin Johnson (twice badly wounded) also served in the 51st Battalion and 29534 Gunner John Phillip Johnson 6th Field Artillery Brigade was returned to Australia with a serious shrapnel wound to his thigh.
Edwin made enquiries to the Red Cross when in France during 1917, “My brother A.N. Johnson was last seen at Mouquet Farm…., my people are naturally most anxious about him, and have asked me to make enquiries. I shall be pleased if you could do anything in the matter. I have made many enquiries but without result. Personally, I have given up all hope….”