Arthur Routledge JOHNSON

Regimental number10/1268
Date of birth26 January 1887
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationGrocer
AddressRutland Hotel, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinMrs B E Johnson, 'Torquay', Allen Street, Glebe Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Cadets, Australia.
Enlistment date26 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bertha Elizabeth Johnson, 10 Avenue Road, Glebe Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and the late Thomas Johnson. Native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moasca Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 293 days (of which 238 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805