JOHNSON, Ernest Maxwell
| Service Number: | 5594 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 5 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXI, Row GG, Grave No. 5A. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5594 | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5594, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5594, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deb Robinson
Parents resided Mowbray Tasmania at time of his death. Brother Leonard was gassed, another brother John was reported missing
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Johnson was one of three brothers who enlisted in the First AIF. Born in Kiama, NSW his mother and father, John George and Catherine Johnson, lived in Launceston, Tasmania.
His brother 655 Cpl. D'Arcy Francis Johnson, 7th Battalion AIF was later killed in action in France 16/17 May, 1918, aged 26.
Ernest was severely wounded in the head on the same day that he died, by shrapnel. He died in a Casualty Clearing Station.
A third brother, 2711 Gunner Leonard Joseph Johnson survived the war and returned to Australia in 1919.
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