JOHNSON, Edmond Woodward
| Service Number: | 2189 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 25 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Schooling: | Zeehan State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darwin Northern Territory Soldiers Roll of Honour, Darwin War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2189, Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 12 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 47th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2189, 47th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Luke Secrett
"Edmond Charles Wellington Woodward Johnson
Early life
Edmond Johnson (better known as Ted) was born in Hobart Tasmania on the 25th of April 1896. Ted was the son of Frederick and Emma Johnson. Ted was educated at the Zeehan State School and undertook Boy Scout and Army Cadet training throughout his early days. In July 1911 Edmond (Ted) Johnson then aged 15, arrived in Darwin by boat, along with his parents, his brother Len and sisters Eileen and Bessie. Soon after landing in Darwin the family travelled by boat to the Daly River to take up a farming property and lived there until 1916, when they relocated to Darwin. Frederick Johnson along with his son Ted sought employment with the North Australian Railway.
Ted enlisted in the Australian Infantry Forces 47th Battalion and sailed from Darwin on the SS Taiyuan on the 12 March 1916." - READ MORE LINK (rslvwm.s3.amazonaws.com)
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