William Gwynn JOHNSON

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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

17 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 213, 20th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 213, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 213, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 213, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 213 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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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.