Johnson, Phillip Matthias

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Phillip Edmund Allen Johnson, Matthias

Service Service Number Number 1494 6527 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 6th November 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Johnson, Phillip Matthias

SERVICE NO

6527

UNIT RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

24 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Sunny Corner, nr Bathurst, NSW

ADDRESS

C/- Mrs L Denham, Erskine St., Dubbo,NSW

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

17 May 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Dubbo, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

Son;- William Johnson C/- Mrs J Martin, Matcham Estate, via Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’3¾”. Weight-121lbs. Chest-33-35½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black. Scar or cut on L/Thigh R/Ankle C/E

EMBARKED

7 Oct 1916- Sydney per “Ceramic”

DISEMBARKED

21 Nov 1916 Plymouth

NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

Widower with children/ The children were at some stage in the care of the “Green State Children’s Dept, Sydney 21 Apr 1917- Trench Feet-Rejoined Btn France 22 Aug 1917

DIED

6 Nov 1917- Belgium

BURIED MEDALS DEPENDANTS

British War Medal-50413, Victory Medal-49773. Memorial Plaque & Scroll338857. William James Johnson & Kathleen May Johnson

PERSONAL EFFECTS

Disc, Mirror, Note Book, Photos, Motor Driver’s License, Letter/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mrs Johnson, (Mother)/

REMARKS

Receipt for Badges & Personal Effects signed for by Ellen Martin & Master William Johnson

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1827912

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook