Joshua JOHNSON

Regimental number7799
Place of birthLyonville, Victoria
SchoolState School No 3466
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressLockhart, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Johnson, West Warburton, Victoria
Enlistment date10 November 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 26th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 19 December 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 August 1918
Place of death or woundingLihons, France
Age at death21.9
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Arabella JOHNSON, Warburton West, Victoria. Native of Lyonville, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2099 Corporal Thomas JOHNSON DCM MM, 34th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal