William Gwynn JOHNSON

JOHNSON, William Gwynn

Service Number: 213
Enlisted: 17 March 1915, An original of A Company
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1887
Home Town: Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling: Yarraford Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Carrier
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Birr Cross Roads Cemetery
Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 6, Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial
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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brothers all served in the 2nd Pioneer Battalion.

1565 Pte. Hackelton Mathew Johnson M.M. 2nd Australian Pioneers. Killed in action 1st March, 1917.

3067 Private Bertie Thomas Johnson 2nd Pioneer Battalion returned to Australia 1918.

256 Corporal Robert Ernest Johnson M.M. 2nd Pioneer Battalion returned to Australia 1918.