Edmond Woodward (Ted) JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Edmond Woodward

Service Number: 2189
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)
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World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2189, Darwin, Northern Territory
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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Biography 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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