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{{Personnel
|id=2423
|Surname and forenames=Johnson Oliver Denn
|Army number=292012
|Rank=Lt
|Decorations=M.C.
|Age=0
|Unit=11 DLI
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=292012
 |Rank=Lt
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1919 at Bury St Edmunds - mother's maiden surname Oliver.
-|Decorations=M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944.
+|Decorations=M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944.  Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
-|Age=0
+|Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943.  Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Bn DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn.  KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.
+|Unit=Joined the Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943.  Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Battalion DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, posted 2nd Battalion on the disbandment of 70th Brigade.  KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.
-|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44
+|Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44.
-|Company/Battery=B Coy
+|Company/Battery=B Company.
 |Task or role=Platoon Commander.
-|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44
+|Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44.  Initially interred in the Dent Burial Ground - map reference 712653 - and then re-buried on 10/9/1945 in Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.  Cross on the headstone but no inscription.
-|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk.  Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.  Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
+|Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}
 Because of his attachment to the Devonshire Regiment at the time he was killed, Lt Johnson is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour in Durham Cathedral.

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 |Army number=292012
 |Rank=Lt
-|Decorations=M.C. 21/12/1944
+|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission - 2/Lt 21/8/1943, Attached Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943, Attached DLI 6/7/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944, Attached Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn, KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44.
+|Unit=Royal Artillery - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 21/8/1943.  Attached to the Suffolk Regiment 11/12/1943.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1944, posted 11th Bn DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Attached to the Devonshire Regiment, Posted 2nd Bn.  KILLED in ACTION 3/10/44 with the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment.
-|Source table=11DLI
-|Company/Battery=B Coy
-|Task or role=Pl Cdr
 |Joined Brigade=06-Jul-44
 |Died/Killed in action=03-Oct-44
 |Home address=Son of Reginald Oliver Denn Johnson and Marjorie Morgan Johnson, of Barrow, Suffolk.  Buried Grave 9. C. 15. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.  Recommended for DSO but awarded MC.
 }}