George William JOHNSON

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JOHNSON, George William

Service Numbers:	W47142, 427243
Enlisted:	9 January 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Air Force
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1 November 1923
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle Boys' School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Apprentice Chairmaker
Died:	Perth, Western AUstralia, 10 March 2017, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

9 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W47142
13 Jun 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W47142
15 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 427243
7 Mar 1947:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 427243, Royal Australian Air Force

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

George was the youngest of three children of George Andrew Johnson (b1897 in Fremantle, WA) and Evangeline Sheridan - Adams (b1899 in Perth, WA). George Snr (a Horse Driver) and Evangeline married in 1918 in Fremantle, WA where they settled and George Snr worked as a Horse Driver, Lumper and Housekeeper. By 1931 Goerge and Evangeline had separated and Evangeline remarried - Johannes Schenk - in 1939.

George was working as an Apprentice Chairmaker in 1942 when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W47142). He was Discharged to enlist in the RAAF in June 1942 (Warrant Officer; Service No:427243) and was atatched to ACAC when he was Discharged in March 1947.

In 1948 George had returned to Fremantle where he was working as a Chairmaker when he married Dorothy May Metcalf (b1924 in Fremantle WA). Dorothy was working as a Shop Assistant in Fremantle, and had served in the Australian Army in WWII (Private; Service No:WF94350).

George and Dorothy lived in Fremantle where George worked as a Chairmaker and Dorothy as a Shop Assistant before moving to Mount Pleasant. George became a Manager and Dorothy a Secretary. Dorothy died in 2016 and George in 2017.

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