Johnson Oliver Denn Lt 292012
Personnel Entry
Name Johnson Oliver Denn
Army number 292012
Rank Lt
Decorations M.C. Gazetted 21/12/1944.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
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.
Company/Battery B Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 06-Jul-44
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
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.
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.
