Johan SJOBERG

SJOBERG, Johan

    Service Number: 1089
    Enlisted: 24 September 1914, Morphettville, SA, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Field Ambulance
    Born: Malmo, Skane, Sweden, 9 December 1892
    Home Town: Morphettville, Marion, South Australia
    Schooling: Cimbrishamn, Sweden
    Occupation: Fireman / later - Mechanic
    Died: Keswick, South Australia, 12 May 1939, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
    Section-LO/Row-6S/C-E-W W/Site No-33. Reference: Adelaide Cemeteries Authority.
    Memorials:
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    24 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' National War Service: Egypt / Gallipoli / France / Belgium. Reference: (NAA, Pg-4); also - AIF Project.
    24 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Field Ambulance, Morphettville, SA, Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
    10 Sep 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 4th Field Ambulance, Merris (France), Wounded (Medically discharged) - as per stated: 10/09/1916, [Admitted Camp France] Fractured - Right Leg; eventually to Date: 04/04/1916, *Admitted to Graylingwell Mil., Hosp., Chichester, Eng.,* G.S.W - Right Leg (Fractured). Priv., Johan Sjoberg was debilitated by a fractured leg - from Date: 10/09/1916, Camp in France; to Date: 04/04/1916, Amitted - Graylingwell Mil., Hosp., Chichester, Eng; to his eventual date of - Discharge: 13/04/1918. "No formally official statement of -Medical Discharge- while debilitated by Fractured Right Leg".
    13 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1089, 14th Field Ambulance, (NAA, Pg-9)

    Help us honour Johan Sjoberg's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

    Son of Johann SJOBERG, & Cecelia SJOBERG.

    Origin/Place of Association-Born:  Malmo, Skane, Sweden.

     

    Showing 2 of 2 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents