Henry George Johnson

Forenames

Henry George AWMM

Surname

Johnson AWMM

Service number

WWI 38540 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

13 Apr 1896 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Henry Edward & Emerina JOHNSON

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12071142/henry_george_johnson

Address before enlistment

Pre Oct 1916 AWMM Hukerenui, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Emily Johnson (mother), Hukerenui, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Feb 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 38540 AWMM

Military service

15th North Auckland Regiment AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Oct 1916 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-26 Apr 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 78 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  193 pounds AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, B Company AWMM

Death

15 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXI. H. 5A. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Tōwai Hall, 32 Tōwai Road (Maromaku-Tōwai Road), Tōwai, Far North District, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18053772
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433195/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433195
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 34
• Johnson, S. (transcriber). (1994). The Autobiography of my father Tupu : also known as Harry Johnson. Jubail, Saudi Arabia : Steven Johnson.
  p. 294
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 78 - The navuan nautilus : being some account of the doings of C, H and J Companies and Details, 22nd Reinforcements N.Z.I.F -- On board ship : 22nd Reinforcements : 1917.