Sydney Ellis Clare JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Sydney Ellis Clare

Service Number:	946
Enlisted:	25 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Little Plain, New South Wales, Australia, August 1890
Home Town:	Little Plain, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Little Plain Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Palestine, 3 November 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackalls Great War Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 946, 1st Light Horse Regiment
14 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 946, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW left Hand
22 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 946, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 946, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
3 Nov 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 946, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 946 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-03

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AWM Summary

Trooper Sydney Ellis Clare Johnson, 1st Light Horse Regiment from Little Plain, NSW.

A labourer prior to enlisting in January 1915.

Tpr Johnson embarked from Newcastle with the 5th Reinforcements on board HMAT Bakara on 22 May 1915.
He served at Gallipoli and in Palestine and was promoted to Lance Corporal in February 1917.

L/Cpl Johnson was killed in action at Tel el Khuweilfeh, Palestine, on 3rd November 1917. He was 29 years of age.

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