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Percy Lawrance JOHNSON

Regimental number1704
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBootmaker
AddressCollingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.11
Height5' 3"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Blanche Johnson, 816 Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Kent Fedorowich
Discharge date25 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport, England, on board HT 'Orontes', 15 May 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 25 August 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death2 July 1948
Age at death64
Place of burialMelbourne General Cemetery, Victoria

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