Eric Francis JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Eric Francis

Service Number:	NX49635
Enlisted:	25 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1920
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Injuries, Australia, 18 March 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Tocumwal War Cemetery Cemetery B A 15,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballina Surf Lifesaving Club Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX49635
25 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX49635, 56 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Eliot Powell Johnson and Linda May Johnson, of Manly.

On 18 March 1943 while on a training jump from a Dakota aircraft, his parachute became tangled with the aircraft tail. The pilot attempted multiple manoeuvres to release the chute unsuccessfully. They made their way to the Mulwala Dam where Eric was able to release his harness and fall into the dam. Private Johnson's body was recovered three days later, the cause of death was determined as drowning.

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