Regimental number | 317 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Corowa, New South Wales |
School | Prahran College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Sanger Street, Corowa, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 152 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Walter M Johnson, Sanger Street, Corowa, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in 43rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 10, Reinforcement 3 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/15/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Albury, 26 September 1912. Transferred to Wodonga branch, January 1915; to Corryong branch (as teller), October 1915. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row H, Grave No. 9), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Corowa Old Cemetery, New South Wales. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Walter Murray and Christina JOHNSON, Corowa, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Wounded in action, Ypres, 20 September 1917; died of wounds, 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 22 September 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JOHNSON Clarence William
'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 201. |