JOHNSON, Leonard Arthur
| Service Number: | 108 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 17 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Renmark Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Driver, 108, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 108, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 108, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Leonard Arthur Johnson grew up in Renmark South Australia. My father recalls his mother saying he was an accomplished horse rider and cyclist. He was employed as a stockman in Renmark. He was wounded in France 1916 and when recovering in Bristol, England he fell in love with Gwen Young who was a nurse treating him. They were engaged and he then went back to the War and was killed in action in 1917. Gwen after the war travelled to Australia and married his brother.
Gwen Young was my Father's Mother. - Andrew Johnson
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