JOHNSON, William Edgar
| Service Number: | 2470 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Helens, Tasmania, Australia, 19 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | St Helens, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | 11 August 1972, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section C4, 413 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2470, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2470, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2470, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2470, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Johnson was awarded a Military Medal during the heavy fighting around Ypres October 1917, his recommendation reading, “In operations near Hooge, east of Ypres from 1st to 9th October 1917, Corporal Johnson was NCO of the Battalion transport and went forward daily with rations and supplies along heavily shelled lines of communication. On one occasion he was sent in command of our Brigade train of 10 limbers with ammunition when a barrage was put down in the vicinity of the dump and the traffic became so congested that many drivers left their limbers and came back with their horses only. Corporal Johnson and two of his drivers were wounded but by his personal example and coolness he kept his transport together and got them back safely.”
He returned to Tasmania, Australia in 1919 and passed away there in 1972 at 83 years of age.