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JOHNSON, Charles Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1683 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1954, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1683, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1683, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1683, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Johnson served at Gallipoli from October 1915. He was subsequently three times wounded in France from 1916 to 1918, being sent home at the end of 1918 with a gunshot wound to the foot.
His older brother 2193 Pte. Harmond Henry Johnson 49th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Messines during June 1917.
They were the sons of Horatio Edward Johnson, Tweed River, New South Wales, their mother Sarah had passed away during 1908.
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