JOHNSON, Thomas Alfred
| Service Number: | 2944 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mulwala, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman and Drover |
| Died: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2944, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2944, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Diane Fenton
Thomas Alfred JONSON (Johnson) was born on 4th November 1886 in Mulwala, NSW and his birth was registered in Corowa under the surname JONSON. Tom was a Blacksmith and Ferrier by trade. According to his half sister Frances, prior to WW1 Tom worked as a drover between Victoria and Queensland.
He enlisted (as Johnson) in the Army on 15/5/1916 in Melbourne and served with the 8th Light Horse Regiment embarking on HMAT Hymettus from Melbourne on the 12/9/1916 for North Africa. Tom saw action in Palestine, Jordan and Egypt. He embarked for Australia on HT Malta on 8/7/1919 and was discharged on 21/9/1919. Tom was awarded the Victory Medal 1914-1919 in 1923 and possibly 2 other medals. His service record (#2944) describes him as 5’ 4¾” tall, fresh complexion, eyes brown, hair brown, religion Methodist.
Tom married Dorothy Armstrong, d/o Arch Armstrong & Joan Pinchbeck in 1923 in Numurkah. Their only child, Bruce Thomas Johnson was born the following year in 1924 in Numurkah. Birth notice in the Argus, page 13 on Saturday 5 July 1924:
JOHNSON (nee Dorothy Armstrong).— On the 29th June, at Madeline Street, Numurkah, to Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Johnson (late 8th Light Horse) - a son (Bruce Thomas).
On the 1936 Electoral Roll they were still living in Numurkah. They eventually moved to the Melbourne area. Dorothy died in 1954 and was cremated on 30/7/1954 at Fawkner Cemetery. Thomas died in 1970 and his death was registered under the surname of JOHNSON in Footscray, Victoria