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Alexander Charles Dunbar JOHNSON

Regimental number2688
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolRamsay State School, Darling Downs, Queensland
Other trainingBullocks Commercial College, Toowoomba, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anne Georgina Johnson, The Lodge, St Andrews College, Camperdown, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetry Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Henry and Ann Georgina JOHNSON, Glendower Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrothers: I.J.W. Johnson No 6994, Sergeant, 9th Bn; Bombardier A.M. Johnson No 3481, 114th Battery, 25th Howitzer Brigade.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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