Amos Montrose JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Amos Montrose

Service Number:	7256
Enlisted:	2 November 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia, 31 July 1895
Home Town:	Flowerdale, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 24 March 1949, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wynyard General Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7256, 10th Infantry Battalion
23 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 7256, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 7256, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
29 Jan 1918:	Imprisoned Wounded and captured during raid
Date unknown:	Wounded 7256, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Amos Montrose Johnson was the younger brother of 389 Pte. Alfred Robert Johnson 52nd Battalion AIF who was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in 1916. They were the sons of Alexander and Mary Johnson of Wynyard, Tasmania. Amos's father had passed away during 1909 when he about 13 years of age. He was known as "Tom" to his his seven brothers and sisters. He was married to Bertha in late 1916 just prior to embarkation.

Amos Johnson went out on a raid on 29 January 1918 with 15 men from the 10th Battalion. He was the only one of the party who was hit, by a burst of a machine gun fire. He was captured by the Germans who took him to hospital near the Belgian border where his leg was amputated below the knee.

Probably due to the severity of his wound he was involved in a prisoner swap between the Allies and the Germans and returned to England via Rotterdam during May 1918. He returned to Australia during July 1918. He remained in Wynyard and raised a family of seven children.

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