WARDELL - JOHNSON, Frederick William
| Service Numbers: | 3141, W67950 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 8 January 1884 |
| Home Town: | Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 5 December 1970, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3141, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3141, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3141, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 70th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3141, 70th Infantry Battalion, embarked Weymouth for RTA per A71 HT Nestor | |
| 4 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3141, 70th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W67950, 2nd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 31 Jul 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), W67950, 2nd (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private William Frederick Wardell-Johnson (Service No:3141) enlisted in the AIF on 28 June 1915 and was attached to 11th Infantry Battalion on 13 September 1915 when he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT A32 Themistocles. Private Wardell-Johnson was in France on 23 March 1917 when he transferred to 70th Infantry Battalion. He embarked from Weymouth for the RTA on 22 July 1917 on board A71 HT Nestor and was attached to 70th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 4 December 1917. Private Wardell - Jones (Service No:W67950) then served with the ACMF in WWII - 25 March 1942 to 31 August 1943 - and was a Lance Corporal attached to 2 Battalion VDC at Discharge.
The eldest of nine children, Bill was born in 1884 in Albany, WA to Dr Percy Hugh Wardell-Johnson (b1860 in Essex, England) and Jessie Beatrice Hustler (b1861 in Port Adelaide, South Australia). Percy and Jessie married in 1883 in Albany, WA. Percy had immigrated in 1869 with his parents and siblings on board the Robert Morrison and lived in York before studying Pharmacy in South Australia and opening a Chemist Shop in Albany in 1881. Percy went to England to study medicine (1891 to 1894) and settled in York before returning to Albany in 1899. Percy moved his family to Perth in 1904 where he was a Medical Practitioner and Chief Medical Officer.
Bill worked as a Greengrocer in Dowerin before becoming a Farmer at Badgerin via Dowerin. Following his Discharge from the AIF, in 1918 Bill married Amy Clara Robinson (b1887 in York, WA). Bill and Amy settled at Burnt Oak in Arthur River where Bill was a Farmer until the late 1930s when he and Amy moved to Maddington. Bill was an Orchardist when he enlisted in the ACMF in 1942, and he and Amy had retired to Perth by 1958. Bill died in 1970 and Amy in 1983.