Frederick Noel JOHNS

Regimental number3/1113
AddressWicksteed Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Johns, 63 Wicksteed Street, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationCaptain
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankMajor
Final unitNo 3 New Zealand Field Ambulance
FateKilled in Action 25 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialAchiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row V, Grave No 6), Achiet-le-Grand, near Arras, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs F J Johns, Wanganui; Wife: Mary J Johns, 6 Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, Scotland
Medals

Military Cross

'Messines Offensive 7th to 9th June 1917. During the attack on Messines this officer as Regimental Medical Officer, did excellent work. As soon as the objective of the Battalion had been gained he moved his regimental aid post right up to our line and was able to deal with the wounded very quickly and got them off to the A.D.S. Capt Johns has been with this Battalion since December 1915; he was with us at the evacuation of Gallipoli, and through the Somme. I cannot too highly praise his attention to the general health of the men and the devotion to duty at all times.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 1 January 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/Seventh