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JOHNSON, William Thomas
(Service number 17721)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	18 August 1891	Place of Birth	Otaio, Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Otaio, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John F. JOHNSON (father), Otaio, Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	16 October 1916
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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

Farmer

Death

Date	30 July 1977	Age	85 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Thomas Johnson was the sonof William Freeman and Elizabeth Jane (née Young) Johnson. He was educated at Otaio School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 June 2019]; School Admission record; Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru, record [30 June 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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