Service Details
Name:
 JOHNS
Given Name:
 THOMAS HENRY
Initials:
 T H
Service No:
 6202902
Rank:
 Serjeant
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Regiment:
 Middlesex Regiment
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-25
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during a 7:00am counter-attack to drive the Japanese out of a copse. They attacked from the east and drove the Japanese into a Chinese shrine - which they attacked with grenades. This all occurred near St. Stephens College, Stanley during the final day of Hong Kong's defense. Leader of the attack is wounded and 4 men killed, Johns being one of them.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Harvey Johns and of Beatrice Mary Johns (nee Steele), of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 China, (including Hong Kong)
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Cemetery:
 SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Joint grave IV. G. 4-5.

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