JOHNSON, Roy
| Service Number: | 7491 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 16 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Darkan, West Arthur, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Perth, Western AUstralia, 27 August 1968, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7491, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7491, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7491, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 16 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7491, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), to Fremantle per Troopship RMS Ormonde | |
| 23 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7491, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Roy (Godfrey Roy Alexander) was the eleventh of eighteen children of John Godfrey Johnson (b1848 in Bolivia, NSW) and Ellen Folwell (b1859 in Stawell, Victoria). John (a Labourer) and Ellen married in 1875 in Heathcote, Victoria and lived in Victoria and NSW before moving their family to WA by 1894. The family settled initially in Perth WA where John worked as a Labourer, before moving to Mt Zion in Darkan where he was a Farmer. Family anecdote has John being born in Bolivia in South America - his parents were sponsored Assisted Immigrants from England, arriving in NSW in 1841 on board the Brothers. They lived in Bolivia, NSW before following the gold rushes to Victoria and WA.
Roy worked as a Farm Hand in Darkan WA, and in February 1917 enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:7491). He served with 16th Infantry Battalion in France, and was hospitalised with Influenza. Roy was Discharged in August 1919 - he was one of eight brothers who served in WWI and/or WWII.
Returning to Darkan WA, Roy was working as a Farm Hand in 1920 when he married Clarice Elizabeth Marian Wild (b1895 in Moama, NSW) - Clarice's parents had moved the family to Darkan WA by 1910. Roy and Clarice settled in Darkan, and by 1931 Roy was a Farmer.
In June 1942 Roy enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:WW84764) and was attached to 12 Battalion (Jarrah) VDC. In 1949 Roy and Clarice were living at 'Glen Valley' in Gillangarra WA, and by 1958 Roy had retired and he and Clarice moved in York WA. By 1968 when Roy died they were living in Perth WA. Clarice died in 1975.
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