Harold Melrose JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Harold Melrose

Service Number: 1391
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria. Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 2 November 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

12 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1391, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1391, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

17th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F. He was 25.

His brother, Private Richard Johnson, Service Number 4454, aged 22, fell whilst serving with the 19th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

They were sons of George and Charlotte Johnson, of "Wavertree," England Avenue, Marrickville, New South Wales.