Roy (Jolly) JOHNSON MID

Roy (Jolly) JOHNSON MID Update Details

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Service Numbers:	2152, 605
Enlisted:	24 February 1915
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Born:	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	Illness, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, France, 4 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Richmond Presbyterian Cemetery, NSW Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Largs North Port Adelaide Sailing Club Roll of Honor, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2152, 3rd Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 605, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 605, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2152, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2152, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
8 Nov 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Serving as a Sub Conductor, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, attached to 1st Division, AIF. MiD was promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australian Gazette on 23 May 1919.
19 Jun 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1st Division Headquarters
21 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2152, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, Served Egypt & Gallipoli 1915-16; France 1916-19; UK 1919.

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