JOHNSON, Frederick Thomas
| Service Number: | 6266 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brooklyn, New South Wales, Australia, December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Brooklyn Public School, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tinsmith |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 12 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 196, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6266, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6266, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6266, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 12th February.... Private Frederick Thomas Johnson was born at Brooklyn, New South Wales, Australia according to his Attestation Papers. His birth was registered, however, in the district of Ryde, NSW in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 17th January, 1916 as a 22 year old, single, Tinsmith from Balmain, Sydney, NSW.
Private Frederick Thomas Johnson embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 9th September, 1916 1st Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 26th October, 1916 where he was to receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Private Johnson was transferred to Fovant, Wiltshire from No. 3 Command Depot, Wool, Dorset on 21st November, 1916. He was marched in to 1st Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 8th December, 1916.
Private Johnson was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Influenza on 31st January, 1917 from 1st Training Battalion, Durrington, Wiltshire.
Private Frederick Thomas Johnson died at 4.50 p.m. on 12th February, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital from Broncho Pneumonia.
Private Frederick Thomas Johnson was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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