Hector JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Hector

    Service Number: 1047
    Enlisted: 26 October 1914, An original of E Company
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Eketahuna, New Zealand, 1889
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tiler
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1917
    Cemetery: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 7
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1047, 13th Infantry Battalion, An original of E Company
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1047, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1047, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    21 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 1047, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1047 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-21

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Hector served at the Anzac Landing and went through the whole Gallipoli campaign unscathed, a rare feat. He was severely wounded in action on the 17 July 1917, when a shell concussed him. The resulting trauma to his brain caused his death in Field Hospital ten days later.

    Hector's younger brother 2711 Private Percy Nielson Johnson 5th Trench Mortar Battery AIF, was killed in action near Armentieres, 5 May 1916, aged 24.

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