JOHNSON, Thomas William
| Service Number: | 3611 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915, Citizen Military Forces for 11 years before the great war, and took a keen interest in the Signal Section to which he was attached |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Depot Hospital, Clifton, Bedfordshire, England , 10 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hitchin Cemetery Row W, Grave No. 164 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3611, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Citizen Military Forces for 11 years before the great war, and took a keen interest in the Signal Section to which he was attached | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement 3611, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked 3611, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 5th Divisional Signal Company |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 10th November…… Thomas William Johnson was born in St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria. His birth was registered in 1887.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd September, 1915 as a 29 year old, single, Clerk from Malvern, Victoria.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas W. Johnson, Service number 3611, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 23rd November, 1915 with 2nd Divisional Signal Company.
On 22nd May, 1916 C.Q.M.S. Johnson was sent sick to Hospital at Ferry Post. He was admitted to Australian Stationary Hospital at Ferry Post on 25th May, 1916 with a bruised right foot. C.Q.M.S. Johnson was transferred to No. 4 Hospital Train at Ismalia on 12th June, 1916 & admitted to British Red Cross Hospital at Montazah on 28th June, 1916.
He was marched in from Hospital to Divisional Troops Depot at Tel-el-Kebir on 19th July, 1916.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Johnson was transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion on 19th August, 1916. He was transferred to No. 2 Detail Camp, Park House, Wiltshire, England.
On 16th September, 1916 C.Q.M.S. Johnson was appointed to permanent cadre of Engineers Training Depot Signal Section at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
He was visited by a Travelling Medical Board in March, 1917 at Hitchin & placed in category BII.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Johnson was appointed to permanent base at Shefford on 22nd April, 1917.
On 10th October, 1917 he was visited by a Travelling Medical Board & placed in category B III.
Thomas W. Johnson married Cissie A. Cox in the March quarter, 1918 in the district of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.
He was re-transferred back to 5th Divisional Signal Company at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 20th September, 1918.
On 30th September, 1918 Company Quartermaster Sergeant T. W. Johnson, 3611, of 5th Australian Divisional Supply Column, was Mentioned in Despatches.
[“Mentioned in Despatches – is where a member of the armed forces has their name appearing in an official report written by a superior officer. The report is then sent to the high command, in which is described their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy.”]
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas William Johnson died at 2 pm on 10th November, 1918 at Depot Hospital, Clifton, Bedfordshire, England from Influenza & Pleurisy. (Burial Report states Date & place of death – “10.11.18. Signal School, Hitchin, Herts.”)
He was buried in Hitchin Cemetery, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hitchin.html
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