JOHNSON, Joseph
(Service number 47341)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11 September 1888 | Place of Birth | England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 89 High Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Butcher | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Emily MOIR (friend), 89 High Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Joseph Johnson was born on 11 September 1888 [Personnel file] in England, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Pearce. He had come to New Zealand in about 1913. In 1914 he was recorded as a butcher in Timaru, and in 1916 when he was called up. Both parents were deceased when he enlisted, naming a friend in Timaru as next-of-kin.
J. Johnson was in the draft of South Canterbury men who left for Trentham on 20 February 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 August 2020]; Timaru Herald, 20 February 1917 (Papers Past) [28 August 2002]; NZ Electoral Roll (ancestry.com.au) [30 August 2020]
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