Richard JOHNSON

Regimental number42340
OccupationPlatelayer
Next of kinFather, E C Johnson, Papakura
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LII, Row B, Grave No 9), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah A Johnson, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Ellis Culshaw Johnson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 5