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JOHNSON, Michael Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5598 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 1 March 1895 |
Home Town: | Hackney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | Marists Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Hagle Dump Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5598, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5598, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5598, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, KIA 20 Sep 17 vic Polygon Wood (limit of exploitation) |
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