Victor Rudolph JOHNSON

Regimental number32188
OccupationMachinist
Next of kinWife, Mrs Violet Johnson, Waghorne Street, Port Ahuriri
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 13th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No 9), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charlie and Lena Johnson, 9 Bridge Street, Port Ahuriri, Napier; Wife: Violet C Johnson, 64 Milton Road, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 27

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