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JOHNSON, John Freeman
(Service number 6/1326)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26/07/1889	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date	2 October 1914	Age	25
Address at Enlistment	Otaio, Sth Canterbury
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr G.F. Johnson (father), Otaio
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala, Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli), Western Europe
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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	24 September 1973	Age	84
Place of Death	Temuka
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John joined up the same day (2 Oct 1914) as did his brother George and they served together in the same unit (Canterbury Infantry Battalion).

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG

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