Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892

Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892 - 1916)

Clerk (AMP)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892 - 1916)	Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS (1860 - 1935)	John Andersen Kleset AAS (1833 - 1917)	Anders Klaegsaet AAS

			Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter CARLSEN (1835 - 1885)	Ingebrigt CARLSEN KARLSEN (1799 - )
				Johanna Catrina Henningsdatter (CARLSEN) (1800 - )
		Florence Amelia MADDEN (1873 - 1929)	Henry St.John MADDEN (1840 - 1922)	Henry St.John MADDEN (1810 - 1873)
				Honorah AUSTIN (1818 - 1858)
			Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY (1842 - 1921)	George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878)
				Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)

b. 25 May 1892 at Homestead, Queensland, Australia

d. 15 Nov 1916 at Villers-Bretonneux, France aged 24

Near Relatives of Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892 - 1916)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John Andersen Kleset AAS	03 Apr 1833		1917		84
Grandmother	Johanna Mathilde Ingebrigtsdatter CARLSEN	21 Dec 1835	Lade, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	1885		50
Grandfather	Henry St.John MADDEN	30 Jun 1840	Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia	12 May 1922	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	81
Grandmother	Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY	20 Oct 1842	Exeter, Devon, England	16 Jul 1921	Auckland, New Zealand	78

Father	Peter Martin Joachim Joakim Martinus JOHNSON AAS	05 Aug 1860	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	26 Dec 1935	Jarvisfield, Queensland, Australia	75
Mother	Florence Amelia MADDEN	23 Mar 1873	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1929	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia	56

Self	Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON	25 May 1892	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	15 Nov 1916	Villers-Bretonneux, France	24

Sister	Anna Matilda JOHNSON	11 Oct 1890	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	15 Aug 1985	Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia	94
Brother	Alfred Julian JOHNSON	01 May 1894	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	12 Dec 1944	Childers, Queensland, Australia	50
Sister	Hilda Helen Isabella JOHNSON	03 Sep 1896	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	02 Mar 1994	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	97
Brother	Oscar St.John JOHNSON	30 Jan 1899	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	14 Oct 1948	Queensland, Australia	49
Brother	Edmund Barton JOHNSON	02 Dec 1901	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	10 Jul 1910	Mt Elliott, Queensland, Australia	8
Brother	Harold Adolphus JOHNSON	25 Sep 1903	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	12 Jun 2000	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	96
Sister	Florence Alexandra JOHNSON	21 Jun 1905	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	01 May 1990	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	84
Step Brother	Leslie Allen JOHNSON	24 Feb 1907	Queensland, Australia	18 Aug 1964	Rochdale, Queensland, Australia	57
Sister	Inez Lillian Maud JOHNSON	17 Jan 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	23 Jun 2000	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother	Norman Selwyn JOHNSON	04 Oct 1909	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	01 May 2001	Cannon Hill, Queensland, Australia	91
Brother	Edmund Bruce JOHNSON	12 Aug 1913	Kuridala, Queensland, Australia	13 Jun 1992	Norman Park, Queensland, Australia	78
Sister	Greta Edna JOHNSON	17 Aug 1916	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	19 Jan 2008	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	91

Aunt	Ingrid Kathrina Anna Johnsdatter AAS	18 Nov 1862	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	21 Jul 1947	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	84
Uncle	William Richardson Isaac Elliott FOX	26 Jul 1872	Broadsound, Queensland, Australia	28 Aug 1954	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	82
Uncle	Karl Johan AAS	10 Dec 1873	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	21 Jan 1878	Trondhiem, Sor-Trondelag, Norway	4
Aunt	Isabella Honora MADDEN	16 Jul 1860	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1860	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Uncle	Henry St John MADDEN	12 Jun 1862	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1863	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Aunt	Adelaide Louisa MADDEN	28 Apr 1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	0
Aunt	Alice Evelyn MADDEN	28 Dec 1866	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	05 Mar 1926	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	59
Uncle	Peter Henry KOCH	28 Dec 1860	Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	23 Jan 1923	Winton, Queensland, Australia	62
Uncle	Julian John Edward MADDEN	16 Jun 1869	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	25 Aug 1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Aunt	Helen Mutch DIACK	28 Aug 1874	Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland	13 Nov 1946	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Aunt	Lillian May MADDEN	27 Sep 1875	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	28 Apr 1889	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13
Uncle	Henry George MADDEN	09 Feb 1878	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	03 Sep 1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Aunt	Agnes Theresa PANSKE	1878	Standesame, Schrotz, Germany	19 Feb 1924	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	46
Aunt	Isabella Hannah GILL	1902	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Uncle	James MADDEN	11 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Uncle	Ernest Charles MADDEN	29 Nov 1881	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1928	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	46
Aunt	Ida Eleana MADDEN	05 Dec 1883	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Mar 1938	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	William James Bowden SMITH	14 Mar 1880	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	10 Dec 1921	Queensland, Australia	41
Uncle	Sydney Cyril Byron PRYCE	06 Sep 1903	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	19 Apr 1975	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	71
Aunt	Eva (Ivy) Rosina MADDEN	10 Apr 1887	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1927	Auckland, New Zealand	40
Uncle	James Robert SMITH	09 Sep 1882	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jul 1958	Auckland, New Zealand	75

Cousin	Orville James FOX	05 Aug 1896		13 May 1967		70
Cousin	Clarence William FOX	27 Feb 1901	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	abt 17 Sep 1979	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Doris Marjorie Richardson FOX	1904	Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1986	Sarina, Queensland, Australia	82
Cousin	Eveline Rose KOCH	29 Sep 1884	Winton, Queensland, Australia	abt 02 Jan 1959	Winton, Queensland, Australia	74
Cousin	Florence Isabel KOCH	13 Oct 1886	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	07 Dec 1985	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	99
Cousin	Frederick Augusta KOCH	09 Oct 1888	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	abt 1984	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	96
Cousin	Peter KOCH	07 Feb 1891	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	06 Jan 1975	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	Alice (Dinah) KOCH	30 Oct 1893	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	10 Sep 1963	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Charles Henry KOCH	23 Jun 1896	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1984	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	88
Cousin	John (Jack) David KOCH	06 Aug 1898	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	02 Apr 1950	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	51
Cousin	James Edward KOCH	09 Dec 1901	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1988	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Lina Lillian KOCH	14 Oct 1905	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	23 Feb 1994	East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Robert St. John KOCH	23 Nov 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 May 1978	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Sydney Julian KOCH	18 Feb 1910	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	25 Jul 2002	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	92
Cousin	Lillian Margaret Ann MADDEN	19 Mar 1894	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Nov 1977	Sandgate, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	John Henry (Jack) MADDEN	14 Sep 1895	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	13 Nov 1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Florence Helen MADDEN	21 Jul 1898	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	19 Feb 1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	52
Cousin	Helen Nell May MADDEN	20 Jul 1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1974	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Cousin	Edward MADDEN	08 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13 Apr 1912	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Julian George MADDEN	19 Apr 1915	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	11 Jan 2013	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	97
Cousin	Annie Appolonia MADDEN	17 May 1899	Queensland, Australia	Y
Cousin	Bernard Clemens MADDEN	24 Feb 1901	Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1964	Queensland, Australia	62
Cousin	Agnes Isabelle MADDEN	23 Jul 1903	Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	22
Cousin	George Henry MADDEN	1906	Queensland, Australia	07 Jul 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	51
Cousin	Raymond Martin MADDEN	abt Apr 1908	Queensland, Australia	29 Dec 1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Julian Raymond Royal MADDEN	15 Jul 1912	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	25 Sep 1959	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	47
Cousin	Grace Elaine SMITH	1902	Queensland, Australia	1940		38
Cousin	Greville Henry SMITH	1906	Queensland, Australia	1967		61
Cousin	Donald William SMITH	1911	Queensland, Australia	1971		60
Cousin	Ida Isabella SMITH	1914	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Ronald Ernest SMITH	1917	Queensland, Australia	1977		60
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Violet Lillian SMITH	07 May 1909	Auckland, New Zealand	15 Jul 1981	Auckland, New Zealand	72
Cousin	Gladys Ivy SMITH	13 Dec 1917	New Zealand
Cousin	Aubrey Ernest James SMITH	19 Sep 1922	Auckland, New Zealand
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

Niece	Thelma Alma NICHOLS	1912	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Cecil Ambrose Johnson NICHOLS	1914	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Christian John NICHOLS	1917
Nephew	Harry Alfred Linden NICHOLS	1919	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Valerie Lorna JOHNSON	04 Dec 1938	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	02 Jan 2001	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	62
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Vernon (Brother) Kevin CASTLE	18 Sep 1928	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	26 Dec 2010		82
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Leslie Wayne SMITH	18 Mar 1926	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	29 Jan 1988	Westmead, New South Wales, Australia	61
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law	Henry Ambrose NICHOLS	1882	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	24 Dec 1952	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	70
Sister in Law	May STRATHAM
Brother in Law	John Francis MILEY	01 Nov 1898	Kildare, Ireland	22 Jul 1965	Queensland, Australia	66
Sister in Law	Mary Ellen BOURKE
Sister in Law	Lonra Grace HENDY			06 Mar 1996	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Una May CROUCH
Brother in Law	Frank CASTLE	abt 1895		1976	Campsie, New South Wales, Australia	81
Brother in Law	Percy Charles BRYAN	07 Feb 1907	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1980	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	73
Sister in Law	Olive Josephine STRETTON	1908	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Joh MILNE
Brother in Law	Albert Robert (Tim) SMITH	1898	Timaru, New Zealand	1951	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	53
Brother in Law	Keith HODSON
Sister in Law	Maud Ellen KING	1916	Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia	1978		62
Brother in Law	William Alexander (Lex) HANSEN	19 Jan 1913	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	18 Mar 2004	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	91

Events in Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON (1892 - 1916)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
25 May 1892		Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON was born	Homestead, Queensland, Australia	1892/C007003
06 Jun 1914	22	Will		Peter Martin executor
08 Aug 1914	22	Embarked for Thursday Is 1st Australia Garison Artillery	Thursday Island
08 Mar 1915	22	Enlisted Australian Infantry Forces 25th Batallion		25th Battalion 7th Brigade
16 Apr 1915	22	2nd Lieutenant		Note 1
31 May 1915	23	Application for commission in AIF
01 Jun 1915	23	Lieutenant		Gazette 61/1915
29 Jun 1915	23	Embarked from Brisbane	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	HMAT Aeneus
04 Sep 1915	23	Joined MEF Gallipoli Peninusla	Alexandria, Egypt
11 Sep 1915	23	Will		Note 2
14 Nov 1915	23	Admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station with Jaundice	Gallipoli Peninsula
19 Jan 1916	23	Rejoined battalion	Tel-el-Kebir
14 Mar 1916	23	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force	Alexandria, Egypt	Note 3
25 Jul 1916	24	Captain		Note 4
28 Jul 1916	24	Wounded in Action	Pozieres, France	Note 5
30 Jul 1916	24	Admitted to No 1 Red Cross Hospital	Le Touquet, France
02 Aug 1916	24	Transferred to England, HS "Dieppe"	France	Note 6
07 Aug 1916	24	Admitted to research hospital Cambridge
08 Oct 1916	24	Rejoined battalion	France
15 Nov 1916	24	Christian Martin (Ben) JOHNSON died	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Somme, battle of Flers
15 Nov 1916	24	Killed in Action	Villers-Bretonneux, France

Note 1: Commonwealth of Aust Gazette 24/4/1915

Note 2: PMJ sole beneficiary and executor

Note 3: Disembarked Marseilles 19/3/1916

Note 4: Initially 20/6/1916 when Capt Lewis died of wounds then amended to be from 25/7/1916

Note 5: Shell shock and gassed, taken to dressing station then to Casualty Clearing station. suffered loss of appetite, headaches and sleeplessness.

Note 6: Duchess Westminster 1st Red Cross Hospital. Shell shock, gas poisoning mild. (MO 25 battn 30/7/1916)

Personal Notes:

Christian Martin born 1892 at Homestead was the first of the seven Johnson brothers to win scholarships to Townsville Grammar. He was employed by the AMP Society prior to enlisting in the 1st AIF where he fought at Gallipoli and in France. Loved and respected by all his men, Captain Johnson of 25th Bn was killed leading his men into battle on 15 Nov 1916.

Christian Martin Johnson

Rank Captain [Capt]
Unit 25th Bn
Service Army
Conflict 1914-1918
Date of Death 15 November 1916
Cemetery or Memorial Details 26 Villers Bretonneux-France
Place Of Enlistment Townsville, QLD
War Grave Register Notes JOHNSON, Capt. Christian Martin. 25th Bn. 15th Nov., 1916. Age 24. Son of Peter Martin Johnson and Florence Amelia Johnson, of Cosmopolitan Hotel, Cloncurry, Queensland. Born at Homestead, Queensland.
Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Nominal Roll has him as 'Clarence Martin'

Extensive records at Australian Archive.
http://naa16.naa.gov.au/rs_images/ShowImage.php?B=1825153&S=1&T=R

His application for a Commission in the AIF (31/5/1915) states his education: Queensland State Scholarship, Townsville Grammar School, Sydney University Junior, Extermal examiation for AMP Society. 5 years is ist Australian Garrison Artillary: gunnery 96 days, sergeant 145 days plus other illegible. Qualified at gunnery, gun laying, semaphore signalling. C of E.

As well as the military records of casualty and field Service, there are several letters between parents/siblings and the army asking for things. The letters become more and more bitter from Peter Martin:
15/8/1916 Cable to PMJ advising that PMJ had shell shock and gas poisoning.
8/12/1916 PMJ to army - rumour of son's death, asking for any particulars (accurate rumour, he was killed on 15/11), wanting return of CMJ's belongings and any pay owed.
11/12/1916 AIF Kit store to PMJ - 'one kit bag (sealed)' containing many listed items. Shipped 28/3/1917.
20/12/1916 Reply from army to PMJ's letter of 8/12/1916 - death 'somewhere in France on 15/11/1916', PMJ would be contacted through channels, apply for belongings & pay.
11/1/1917 PMJ to army requesting his son's belongings and stating his son's service record and that he (PMJ) was the sole executor of the will, and wanting certificate of death.
26/1/1917 Cable to PMJ advising CMJ killed in action on 15/11/1916, 'no record available'.
6/2/1917 letter form Royal North Kennedy Lodge asking army for Certificate of death so pay can be finalised.
26/2/1917 AIF Kit Store addition to parcel of 20/11/1917
30/3/1917 PMJ to army - refers to 2 letters from Capt Johnson (30/8/1915 & 23/7/1916) in which he stated his belongings were with an agent in Cairo and asking that the belongings be found and returned.
11/4/1917 AIF Kit Store to PMJ 'One Uniform Case (sealed)' containing many listed items. Shipped 25/4/1917
31/5/1917 PMJ to army reluctant to sign receipt because belongings not present.
14/6/1917 Inter-army letter passing on PMJ's comments that not all belongings arrived. 'Military Department laid claim to when my son was killed - forward without delay'.
6/8/1917 PMJ to Army, 'did my son receive a decent burial, at what place if any & numbe of his grave. No info from army though it is part of their job to keep records'.
11/9/1917 Army to PMJ, no info on burial, just date of death.
13/9/1917 PMJ to Army, two packages arrived but not sealed and contents short of what is on docket. 'is customery to return the sword of a fallen officer'.
26/9/1917 Army to PMJ Johnson stating that person effects sent were properly sealed, and little could be done about missing items.
8/10/1917 from public curator to army paymaster questioning date of commission to Captain 20/6/1916 or 25/7/1916
23/10/1917 From Army advising that all of CMJ's kit had been sent - no trace of missing items.
7/11/1917 to PMJ re missing belongings - can't find sword case.
7/2/1920 From FAM (his mother) where are his medals that 'are due to me'.
1/3/1920 army to FAM - PMJ as executor gets the medals not FAM.
25/3/1921 - Record of medals - Star (#23598), British War Medal (#16666), Victory Medal (#16599)
17/10/1923 From Oscar Johnson (OSJ) to the army asking what happened to his brother's remains - were they re-interred in a central cemetery.
31/10/1925 from army to OSJ - no trace of exhumation and re-interment in an established military cemetery. Remains in original resting place in Guedacort area. No trace of grave.

25th Battalion

The 25th Battalion was raised at Enoggera in Queensland in March 1915 as part of the 7th Brigade. Although predominantly composed of men recruited in Queensland, the battalion also included a small contingent of men from Darwin. The battalion left Australia in early July, trained in Egypt during August, and by early September was manning trenches at Gallipoli.

At Gallipoli the 7th Brigade reinforced the depleted New Zealand and Australian Division. The 25th Battalion, however, had a relatively quiet time because the last major Allied offensive had been launched, and turned back, in the previous month. It left the peninsular on 18 December 1915.
After further training in Egypt, the 25th Battalion proceeded to France. Landing on 19 March 1916, it was the first AIF battalion to arrive there. Now fighting as part of the 2nd Division, it took part in its first major battle at Pozières between 25 July and 7 August in the course of which it suffered 785 casualties. After a spell in a quieter sector of the front in Belgium, the 2nd Division came south in October to attack again in the Somme Valley. The 25th Battalion took part in two attacks to the east of Flers, both of which floundered in the mud.
Although it acted in a supporting role at the second battle of Bullecourt, the 25th Battalion did not carry out a major offensive role again until 20 September 1917, when it was part of the 2nd Division's first wave at the battle of Menin Road in Belgium. Victory here was followed up with the capture of Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October. The 25th reprised its role from Menin Road, in what was its last large-scale offensive action for the year.
1918 was an exhausting year for the 25th Battalion. It fought to turn back the German spring offensive in April, and then participated in battles at Morlancourt, Hamel, Amiens and along the Somme Valley as the German Army was pushed ever closer to defeat. These actions sapped the strength of the AIF, already terribly weak due to earlier casualties and lack of reinforcements. In September, the 25th was one of several battalions ordered to disband to reinforce others. Its troops mutinied, winning the Battalion a temporary reprieve.
The battalion went into the line one last time on 3 October 1918 and took part in a successful attack to break through the German defences around Beaurevoir. It was disbanded nine days later.

Battle of Flers

05 November 1916 -

The village of Flers, in the Somme valley in France, gave its name to a series of attacks launched by 1 ANZAC in November 1916. By this time the Somme battlefield had been deluged with rain and the attacks were made in atrocious conditions. The attacking waves of troops were sucked down by the cloying mud and thus, unable to keep up with their creeping artillery barrage, became easy targets for German machine-gunners and riflemen.

The first Flers attack was launched on 5 November with the 1st Brigade advancing against trenches north of Gueudecourt, and the 7th against a complex of trenches known as "the Maze". Both attacks managed to capture some of their objectives, but were eventually forced to withdraw. Another attack was launched against the Maze by the 5th and 7th Brigades on the morning of 17 November, it also succeeded in capturing a portion of the German trenches, but a surprise attack two days later returned this to the enemy.

25th Infantry Batalion War Diary for 15 Nov 1916 reads "Relieved by 28th Bn in front line at 1.30am & moved to SWITCH TRENCH in support.Total Casualties - Capt C M Johnson Killed, Capt WF Douisch?Missing Capt B E White wounded, Lt R W Grnt missing, 2/lt WP Healy Killed, 2/lt Goward J H wounded.Other Ranks 188."

Also http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=154757

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 160 (Name, Notes)

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