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JOHNSON, David Walter
(Service number 12/2924)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank Corporal

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 35 Wanganui Avenue, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs C Johnson (mother), 35 Wanganui Avenue, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Auckland Infantry Battalion
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 25 September 1916 Age 27
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

David Johnson was the son of Catherine Johnson, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Robert Johnson.

Sources

Cenotaph databse [August 2013]

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Researched and Written by

Dave Batchelor (South Canterbury Museum)

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