Described as 20 years old with fair hair, hazel eyes, 5’ 7 ½ tall and weighing 11 stone 12 pounds at enlistment with AIF. Nowhere in his war record is his date of birth indicated (or required it would seem).
1915: JOHNSON- On the 21st May, killed in action at the Dardanelles (according to his Service record he was killed at Gallipolli on the first day of the Anzac landing: 25 Apr 1915), Frank Thomas Johnson, late of Myrtle Road, East Camberwell, beloved grandson of Mrs. Mary Quennell and the late William Thomas Quennell; beloved nephew of Alice, Millicent and Alfred Quennell, "Kennington" 7 Weinberg grove,' Hawthorn.
Died nobly.
(Source:1915 'Family Notices.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 5 June, p. 13, viewed 10 November, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1522149)
The Dardanelles is a narrow strait bordering the Gallipoli peninsula and connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Mamara. The Bosporus is another strait connecting the Sea of Mamara to the Black Sea.
- MAY 1894 - Birth - ; Richmond, Victoria, Australia
- 25 APR 1915 - Death - ; Gallipoli, Turkey
- 1914 - Residence - ; ‘Nyora’, 5 Myrtle Rd, Canterbury, Victoria
- Education - Canterbury State School, Swinburne Technical College
- Occupation - Engineer apprentice for 4 years prior to WW1 with James Alston of Queens Bridge
- Religion - Methodist
- 1914 - Residence - ; ‘Nyora’, 5 Myrtle Rd, Canterbury, Victoria
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Marriage | 1886 | to Jessie Louise QUENNELL at Victoria, Australia | |
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PARENT (F) Jessie Louise QUENNELL | |||
Birth | 7 SEP 1860 | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | |
Death | 19 OCT 1932 | 11 Brynmawr Rd, South Camberwell, Victoria | |
Marriage | 1886 | to Thomas JOHNSON at Victoria, Australia | |
Father | William Thomas QUENNELL | ||
Mother | Mary BRUCE | ||
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M | Frank Thomas JOHNSON | ||
Birth | MAY 1894 | Richmond, Victoria, Australia | |
Death | 25 APR 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey | |
F | Olive JOHNSON | ||
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M | William JOHNSON | ||
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F | Edith JOHNSON | ||
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M | Bruce JOHNSON | ||
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F | Muriel JOHNSON | ||
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F | Jessie JOHNSON | ||
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