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George Blatchford Fay JOHNSON

Regimental number1711
Place of birthLiverpool Road, Ashfield, New South Wales
SchoolNorth Annandale Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFibrous plasterer
Address11 Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E A Johnson, 11 Edgecliffe Road, Woollahra, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 28 July 1915
FateKilled in Action 1 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death18.6
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
83
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jacob Christian and Eliza Ann JOHNSON, 43 Cambridge Street, Enmore, New South Wales. Native of Ashfield, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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