JOHANSEN, George Frederick
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sandon, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Toorak Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Capt Percy Lay MC, DCM, MM, C de G, the most decorated man in the 8th Battalion wrote the following in his diary:
“We lost a good lot of officers and men, some of the best in the Division: Capt’s Rudolph Kirsch (b1893, he & brother Pte Vivian Kirsch, 38th Bn, b1897m both KIA 4/10/1917, neither brother has a known grave], John Davidson [b1895, KIA 4/10/1917], Lt John T. Maguire [3945, MC, MID, b1886, KIA 4/10/1917], Lt Errey [DSO, MC, MiD, B1892, KIA 4/10/1917], Lt Willie Goodwin [MC and Bar, MiD, b1886, KIA 4/10/1917], Lt’s George Johansen [b1888, KIA 4/10/1917], Harold Ross [MM, b1889, KIA 4/10/1917], and Ronald Glanville [MM, MC, b1892, KIA 4/10/1917]."
Lay rarely mentioned the names of men lost by names in his diary. This indicates that George Johansen was held in especially high esteem by Lay.
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