Edward JOHNSON

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Service Number:	2392
Enlisted:	14 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1897
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Dorcas Street State School No.1253, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Rubber worker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VII, Row D, Grave 7
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2392, 24th Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2392, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2392, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
11 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2392, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Taken on Strength of 24th Battalion, C Company
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2392, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , A day of heavy casualties. Edward's body was buried north-west of Pozieres, later exhumed and reburied in the Courcelette British Cemetery

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