70bgadmin at 20:35, 22 February 2022

2022-02-22T20:35:07Z

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2019-07-28T10:25:06Z

Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Johnson John |Army number=4454538 |Rank=Private |Decorations=None yet known. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age=Not yet known. |Unit=Enliste..."

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Johnson John
|Army number=4454538
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry as a Territorial - exact date not known but early in 1939. Posted to the ? 8th Battalion.
Posted to the 11th Battalion - possibly on 1/9/1939.
Served B.E.F.? Discharged 22/11/1940 under the 1940 King's Regulations Para 390 (xvi) implying he was not physically fit enough for further service.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known, but possibly 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=No details yet.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known, but this may be possible, given his early discharge.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

Private Johnson's name came up through the 1942 "missing " exercise conducted by the War Office and documented at The National Archives.

Family information would be most valuable in tracing the elements of his military career.

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 |Age=Not yet known.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry as a Territorial - exact date not known but early in 1939.  Posted to the ? 8th Battalion.
-Posted to the 11th Battalion - possibly on 1/9/1939.
+Posted to the 11th Battalion - possibly on 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing - date not given.  Previously reported missing, now reported not missing.  Returned to the UK.  Discharged 22/11/1940 under the 1940 King's Regulations Para 390 (xvi) implying he was not physically fit enough for further service.
-Served B.E.F.?  Discharged 22/11/1940 under the 1940 King's Regulations Para 390 (xvi) implying he was not physically fit enough for further service.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
-|Task or role=Not yet known.
+|Task or role=Not yet known bu probably Rifleman.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known, but possibly 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=No details yet.

Johnson John Private 4454538 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 20:35, 22 February 2022

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Johnson John |Army number=4454538 |Rank=Private |Decorations=None yet known. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age=Not yet known. |Unit=Enliste..."