JOHNSON Woodus Whittaker 2/Lt

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Surname: JOHNSON;

Forename(s): Woodus Whittaker;

Initials: WW;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Cloughjordan,Tipperary;

Previous Number: 73143;

Previous Regiment: S Ir Horse;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 54 Bn;

Other Data: Woodus JOHNSON born Cloughjordan, Tipperary aged 18 yrs/178 days (on 16/1/1915) Clerk 73143 South Irish Horse
app. L/Cpl 27/7/1916 Officer Cadet Bn Bisley 1/1/1917 disch KR 392/xixa for commission to MGC
served Home 16/1/1915 - 17/12/1915 BEF 18/12/1915 - 23/11/1916 Home 24/11/1916 - 26/5/1917
NOK: sister - Miss Olive Johnson, Rosslyn, Skerries, Co.Dublin

Proceedings of Court Martial: 2Lt WW Johnson 54 Bn MGC Abbassia 6/5/1919 Drunkeness - forfeit seniority or rank and severe reprimand
Report on Accident or self-inflicted injuries: 13/3/1919 54 Bn MGC - trivial contusion unlikely to impair efficiency was thrown from horse - in performance of military duties at the time - not to blame - horse slipped suddenly - horse & rider fell heavily to ground - possible strained wrist - light duties 2 months
Accident Report: 10/10/1917 nr Ypres strained right knee - left unit 10/10/1917 embarked for England at Boulogne
General Court Martial 15/5/1920 at Alexandria Forgery : to be cashiered and 2 yrs imprisonment
Petition for remission:
joined army straight from college before any career in life decided and consequently never learned any means of earning bread - both parents dead. Capt RE Friend MC of Budleigh Salterton has offered to teach me the motor trade in his garage and repair workshops at Saltford and Bristol - he has written to you. I was amongst the first to join up, served at Loos, Somme, Passchendaele and in Palestine. Ask you for a chance to make good.
17/11/1920 War Office letter to HM Prison, Dorchester:
asks for release of Woodus Whittaker Johnson
noted and released 18/11/1920
cashiered by sentence of GCM 16/6/1920 - 2Lt MGC att 303 MT Coy RASC

Proceedings: 15/5/1920 obtaining money by false pretences (cashiered & 2 yrs imprisonment)
Demanding money on a forged document ( 1 yr imprisonment)
Forgery - obtaining money on a forged document (1 yr imprisonment)

WO339/75020;

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