Augustus JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Augustus

Other Name:	Johnson, William Augustus
Service Number:	49
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Kolding, Denmark, 7 May 1871
Home Town:	Gin Gin, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1956, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC Section
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 49, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 49, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 49, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Note- his full name was William Augustus Johnson as recorded on his pension case file held by National Archives Australia.

When he enlisted as Augustus Johnson (original nominal roll records his surname as Johnston) in 1899 with the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private A. Johnston, single, care of P. A. Lorsensen, Gin Gin, Bundaberg. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 125, records his surname as Johnson.

He served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jan 1901.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 1 p. 125).

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