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JOHNSON, Robert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX67449 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1941, Paddington, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | St Peters, New South Wales, 14 December 1919 |
Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Thailand, 2 September 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX67449, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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17 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX67449, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
2 Sep 1943: | Involvement Corporal, NX67449, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX67449 Corporal Robert William (Bobby) Johnson, 2/30 Battalion, of Kogarah, NSW. Johnson enlisted in January 1941 and became a prisoner of war following the fall of Singapore in February 1942. He died in Thailand, of illness, on 2 September 1943. Corporal Johnson was 24 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)