John William JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, John William

Service Number:	4459
Enlisted:	11 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tickera, Kadina, South Australia, 4 January 1896
Home Town:	Tickera, South Australia
Schooling:	Tickera, South Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Abscesses and infections following appendix operation which failed to heal, Tickera, South Australia, Australia, 5 June 1919, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Wallaroo Cemetery, S.A. General Section, Grave 780 , Wallaroo Cemetery, Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Alford District of Ninnes Honour Board, Alford War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bute District Council WW1 Roll of Honor, Tickera War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4459, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4459, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4459, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
23 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4459, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged as medically unfit. Numerous infections following appendix operation in January 1917

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Walter Johnson and Eliza (nee Watts) Johnson of Tickera, SA; brother of Thomas Albritt Johnson, Alfred Howlett Johnson, Maud Mary Johnson, Harold Victor Johnson and Frederick Walter Johnson

30 November 1917 - to hospital with Renal Colic

12 March 1918 - returned to Australia onHMAT Kenilworth Castle

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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