James Samuel Johnson

Forenames

James Samuel AWMM

Surname

Johnson AWMM

Also known as

James Samuel Honotana JOHNSON

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Service number

62670 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1914

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Hohana and Motoi Johnson, of Opotiki

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM High Street, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Johnson (wife), C/o Sister Jessie, 70 Union Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Husband of Millie Johnson, of Taneatua
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62670 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!
28 (Maori) Battalion Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa & Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e!

James Samuel Johnson was the son of Hohana and Motoi Johnson, of Opotiki; husband of Millie Johnson, of Taneatua

Identified as B and C Company (Soutar, 2008) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XI. J. 4. AWMM

Obituary

Died of Wounds - L/Corpl. James Samuel Johnson, Opotiki, who was previously reported to have been wounded on active service, has died of wounds.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 August 2023 - The Opotiki News Tuesday, December 1, 1942.

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2116748
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 180
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.