JOHNSON, Arthur Edgar (Edward) Stanley
Service Number: | 7347 |
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Enlisted: | 26 October 1916, Bendigo, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Raywood, Victoria, November 1893 |
Home Town: | Raywood, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Raywood State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
Died: | Natural causes, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, 21 January 1984 |
Cemetery: |
Raywood Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: | Bears Lagoon School Roll of Honor, Raywood Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honour, Raywood State School No. 1844 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
26 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7347, Bendigo, Victoria | |
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19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7347, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7347, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7347, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSW (Back and right elbow) | |
17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7347, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged due to injuries |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) incorrectly records the first middle-name as EDWARD instead of EDGAR.
'ABOARD THE DESTROYERS.
A FAST RIDE.
Private A. E. S. Johnson, writing to Mr. H. Collins, of Raywood, gives his experiences on the torpedoed troopship, Ballarat. He states they had the rafts ready to float off, but awaited the arrival of the destroyers, which came 47 miles to the rescue in an hour and a half. It was bad luck that the torpedo broke the pedestal of the gun at the stern of the Ballarat, otherwise the gunners would have given the submarine a bad time. Private Johnson was rescued by one of the destroyers.' from Bendigonian 12 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)