Louis Victor JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, Louis Victor

Service Numbers:	106, 1150
Enlisted:	2 October 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1869
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 106, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 106, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
1 Jun 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 notes promoted to Corporal on 1 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 106, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1150, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1150, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1150, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas and Julia Johnson. Brother of Florence Mary Johnson and Nellie Beatrice Johnson

Husband of Margaret Emily Johnson of 45 Clifton Street, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Boer War

By trade he was a shearer

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Louis Victor Johnson was born in 1869 (in His WW1 Attestation Paper he gave age as 44 years 5 months on enlistment date of 2 Oct 1915) in London, Middlesex, England, a son to Thomas Johnson and Julia Johnson (nee Sims). After emigrating to Australia he married Margaret Emily Chandler on 26 Jul 1913 in Queensland, Australia.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private rising to Corporal S.N. 106 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. His second service was as a Private S.N. 1150 in the 9th Infantry Battalion AIF WW1. He was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey on 8 May 1915.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481; National Archives Australia WW1 service record)

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