JOHNS, Arthur Alfred
| Service Number: | 142 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Woodville, South Australia, Australia, 9 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Henley South, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Grange Public School |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Damascus, Syria, Palestine, 11 October 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Initially buried near Kaukab 350 yards west side main road, Damascus 1 mile south of Karkab Ridge. By Chaplain R H Moore, Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grange Public School Roll of Honor, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Beach Roll of Honor, Henley Fulham Uniting Church Supreme Sacrifice Roll WW1, Jerusalem Memorial, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound (chest and forearm) | |
| 11 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 142, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 142 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Henry and Sarah Jane Johns, of Military Rd., Henley Beach, South Australia.
August 1915 - Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johns, of Henley Beach, have received a letter from their son, Tpr. A. A. Johns, who left Adelaide with A Squadron, 9th Light Horse. He wrote on July 8 from the hospital at Alexandria, where he was suffering from shrapnel wounds. He says:—"I was hit in three places—arm, head, and chest—by pieces of shell that burst over us in the trenches. The chest wound troubles me most, and it is painful to get about, but I hope to be soon back to the firing line. We have had a lot of heavy fighting in Turkey. Our boys are now entrenched, folding the hill, and waiting for the English and French to drive tie Turks from the opposite direction toward them. On Wednesday morning the Turks changed us on the left, got right up, to our trenches, and then the work began in earnest. We opened fire on them at 15 yards, and literally mowed them down. In front of our trenches next morning we counted 450 of them laying dead. Charlie Stagg and myself are the only two of our chums at the front, as Albert Jones did not land. He was taken ill on the day we landed, and was conveyed to an island close to where we are fighting. I am informed that he is now better, and has been told off to guard captured prisoners. Teddy landed at Gallipoli, and after a week became ill, and was sent into hospital at Alexandria. He is likely to be sent back to Australia. Two more Henley Beach boys are still fighting—Dave Neilson and T. Cragen. They wish to be remembered to old pals. Remember me to all the boys."
November 1918 - Trooper Arthur Alfred (Hawie) Johns, 10th Light Horse Regiment, died of illness at the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance in Palestine on October 11. He was born at Woodville, and was 32 years old. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johns, of Henley Beach. Two of his brothers are on active service, one in Palestine and the other in France. In a letter to his parents (received on the 18th instant, written on September 12, he said:—"I have been here four years to-day, land only last week I went on sick leave for the first time." Trooper Johns enlisted in August, 1914. He was manly, upright, and very popular with everyone.
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