Hock Oscar Herman Johanson

Forenames

Hock Oscar Herman AWMM

Surname

Johanson AWMM

Also known as

• Hock AWMM
• Oscar Herman Johanson AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2347 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Address before enlistment

Awhitu, Manukau, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

H. Johanson (father), Awhitu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2347 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Hock Johanson was the son of Herman and Christina Johanson of North Wairoa, New Zealand

Recorded as Hock Oscar Herman Johanson at Archives New Zealand, Oscar Herman Johanson at Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Hock Johanson in Embarkation Rolls

Next of Kin: Mr D. A Johanson, Manurewa, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM III C 38 AWMM

Memorial name

• Awhitu War Memorial, Awhitu Central Church and Cemetery, Manukau Heads Road, Awhitu AWMM
• Waiuku War Memorial Hall, Queen Street Waiuku 2123 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Matakawau Memorial Hall, 2615 Awhitu Road, Āwhitu AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18053558
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Awhitu War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/awhitu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276609/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276609
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 369
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.