JOHNSON, George Ethelbert
| Service Number: | 120 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 June 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Black Rock Plains, South Australia, 14 May 1885 |
| Home Town: | Owen, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sign-Writer |
| Died: | 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balaklava Public Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mallala Grace Plains Sunday School Pictorial Honour Board, Owen District of Dalkey Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 120, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 120, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 120, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), He was taken as a POW in Germany | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 120, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
George Ethelbert Johnson was 30 when he enlisted for the war, on the 30th of June 1915. He embarked on the 18th of Nov, 1915 on the HMAT A2 Geelong.
He was taken as a Prisoner of War at Fromelles on the 20-7-16, and he was repatriated on the 23-12-18. After being rescued, he was brought to England. Less then a year later, he took some leave and got married to a 41 year-old widow, Gabrielle.
He continued to serve in the AIF until the 27th of the 3rd, 1920, where he was medically discharged for neurasthenia. Neurasthenia is an outdated term for a mental disorder, the symptoms including headaches, fatigue and the like.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George JOHNSON and Annie Johanna nee VON REIBEN, of Pinery, Owen, South Australia
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