John Henry Johnson
Service number
20078
Military unit
1st Garrison Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
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Date of birth
Date of death
30 Dec 1917 (39 years old)
Place of birth
Doncaster
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
John Henry Johnson was born in 1878 the son of John a book agent and Olive Johnson (née Munday) of Great Yarmouth. His father was born in 1853 at Loughborough, his mother in 1854 at Alverstoke, Gosport. Married 3/1/1875, they had four children - Annie b.1877 Oulton, Yorkshire, John Henry b.1878 Doncaster, Ernest b.1883 Great Yarmouth and Mary b.1889 Great Yarmouth. Olive Maira Johnson died in 1899 at Great Yarmouth aged 45.
Military history
John Henry Johnson enlisted at Nottingham and first entered a theatre of war on 31st December 1915 in the Balkans. He was drowned at sea.
Alexandria (Hadra) war memorial in Egypt.
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