Ernest JOHNSON

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Service Number:	266
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Rosebury Park, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1889
Home Town:	Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Accidentally drowned in Tumut River, Jones' Bridge, Blowering, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1941, aged 52 years
Cemetery:	Tumut New Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Church of England Old H35
Memorials:	Tumut Cenotaph

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Rosebury Park, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 266, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 266, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
22 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 266, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right eye - lost eye
20 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Light Horse Regiment
23 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 266, 1st Light Horse Regiment

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