JOHNSON, Leonard Joseph
| Service Numbers: | Q18855, QX52587 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11 Field Company RAE AMF |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Blacksmith's Striker |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 20 April 1977, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, Q18855, also QX52587 | |
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| 18 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 21 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q18855, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Townsville for Milne Bay per HS Duntroon | |
| 19 Apr 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q18855, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 20 Apr 1943: | Involvement Private, QX52587, also Q18855 | |
| 20 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX52587 | |
| 4 Jun 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX52587, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Lae for Brisbane per Sea Snipe |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX52587, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF, embarked Brisbane for Torokina per Cape Victory |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 11 Field Company RAE AMF | |
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| 21 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX52587, 11 Field Company RAE AMF, embarked Labuan for Brisbane per Taos Victory | |
| 7 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX52587 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Len was the eighth of nine children of William Robert Johnson (b1876 in Ipswich, QLD) and Rosina May Porter (b1881 in Ipswich, QLD). William (a Saw Sharpener) and Rosina married in 1897 in Ipswich, QLD where they settled and raised their family. William worked as a Saywer, Lengthsman and Mill Manager.
In 1940 Len was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he married Hilda Jean Gardner (b1919 in Ipswich, QLD). In 1943 Len enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service Nos:QX52587/Q18855) in New Guinea. He was attached to 15 Infantry Battalion AACC when he was Discharged in January 1946. Brothers George Fletcher Johnson (Private; Service No:Q144803), Robert Victor Johnson (Sapper, Service No:QX50660) and Mervyn Ernest Johnson (Private; Service No:Q108178) and Father-in-Law Lambert Richard Benjamin Gardner (Private; Service No:QX19502) also served in WWII.
A keen Cricketer, Len played in the Test Match against India in 1948 - scoring twenty five not out and taking five wickets. Len and Hilda settled in Ipswich where Len worked as a Labourer and Striker. He died in 1977 and Hilda in 2016.
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