Herbert John JOHNSON

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Service Number:	3341
Enlisted:	1 May 1917, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lottah, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Lottah, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 18 July 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

1 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 40th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas.
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3341, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3341, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
17 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3341, 40th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW to neck sustained in the line near Hamel. Evacuated to 10th Aust Field Ambulance but died of his wounds the next day 18 July 1918.

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