JOHNSON, Henry Thomas
| Service Number: | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 October 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, July 1872 |
| Home Town: | Spotswood, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 19 July 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1914, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1914, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A55' Kyarra from Brisbane --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1914, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1914, 46th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia 18th May 1919 on Armagh. |
Help us honour Henry Thomas Johnson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Henry was the third of seven children of Robert Henry Johnson (b1847 in Yea, Victoria) and Fanny Wyatt Dudley (b1842 in Launceston, Tasmania). Fanny arrived in Port Phillip Bay in 1846 on board the Swan. Robert (a Squatter) and Fanny (a Servant) married in 1868 in Alexndra in Murrundindi, Victoria where they raised thir family. Robert and Fanny moved to Stratford in Gippsland, where Robert worked as a Labourer before moving to Melbourne.
Henry was a Farmer in Murrundindi in 1890 when he married Elizabeth Anne Docking (b1868 in Yea, Victoria). By 1910 Henry was living with his brother Arthur and Sister-in-Law Lily at 'Addison' in Tambellup, Katanning, Western Australia where he was a Grazier. Elizabeth was living in Chilwell, Victoria.
In 1915 Henry had returned to Victoria and enlisted in the AIF. He served (Private; Service No:1914) with 36th and 46th Infantry Battalions and was WiA in France in 1916. Henry was Discharged in July 1919. Brother Arthur had enlisted in WA in 1917 (Sapper; Service No:7680) and was KiA in France in November 1919.
Henry married his brother's Widow - Lily Gertrude Johnson (nee Hicken; b1882 in Lancashire, England) in 1920 and they settled at "Addison' in Tambellup, WA where Henry was a Farmer. In the early 1930s Henry and Lily moved to Muckinbudin where Henry was a Farmer until he and Lily retired to Perth in 1950. Henry died in 1955 and Lily in 1963.