BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-18. 1085 Pte. S.J.Johnson. A.N.&.M.E.F. Impressed. Display mounted, very fine.
Sylvester John Johnson, storeman, age 44, born at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.03Nov1916 at Brisbane, Qld in 8th Rfts for 47Bn; Emb.16Dec1916 for Rabaul as part of AN&MEF and worked as a storeman; RTA 25Aug1917 for furlough; Re-Emb.02Oct1917 for Rabaul; returned to Government Stores but was charged with stealing various items being the property of the British Military Administration in the colony of German New Guinea with all witness being natives of the colony; RTA 16Dec1918; Disch.07Jan1919 Medically Unfit; Died 28Jun1957 at age of 85.
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