Frederick Richard JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Frederick Richard

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 9 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town: Reedy Creek, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling: Reedy Creek State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Mine manager
Died: Died of wounds, France, 30 September 1918
Cemetery: Tincourt New British Cemetery
Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 30
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World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Tunnelling Companies, Melbourne, Vic.
11 May 1917: Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
29 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, Belgium
19 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Belgium
1 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), France
29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, SW to left thigh (fractured) and arm sustained in the field near Bony. Evacuated to 12th CCS (then situated at Tincourt). His left leg was amputated, however he died of his wounds there the next day 30 September 1918.
30 Sep 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-09-30

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Lt Frederick Richard Johnson received serious SW to his left thigh (fractured) and arm in the field near Bony on 29 September 1918.

He was evacuated to the 12th CCS (then situated at Tincourt). His left leg was amputated, however he died of his wounds there the next day 30 September 1918.