Ralph JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Ralph

    Service Number: 715
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Healesville, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Camberwell Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Ironmonger
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 21 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Recovered from an unmarked mass grave in 2009, with 250 of his mates. Grave II. F. 9
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Healesville Avenue of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 715, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 715, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    21 Jul 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 715, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 715 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-21

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 17 and the son of Hubert and Alice Maude Mary Johnson, of "Glan-Y-mor," Sandown St., Middle Brighton, Victoria, Australia.

    A new headstone bearing his details will be dedicated to him at a ceremony on the 19th July 2019.He was previously interred in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery.

    DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI. HE WAS LOST BUT NOW HE IS FOUND

     

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