James Leslie JOHNSON
Year of Birth: 1913
Place of Birth: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 16 May 1941, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Citizens Military Force
Rank: Private
Unit(s): 19 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Service Number: Q114656
Died: 29 December 1942
Age: 29 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row A – Grave 9
James Leslie was born 23 April 1913 in Mackay Queensland to Edmund Sheldrake Johnson and Eileen Isobel (Fern) Johnson, his known siblings are Edmund Alfred born 1909, Charles Oliver 1911, Clare Ellen 1914, Henry Rueben 1918 and two other sisters.
He enlisted in Mackay and gave his father Edmund as his next of kin and his occupation as a labourer and cane cutter.
His death is recorded as accidental, while engaged in jungle training and probably drowning while unconscious.
James Leslie Johnson’s name is on Alexandra Roll of Honour board and also located at panel 87 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B884, (JOHNSON James Leslie) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Rolls
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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