In Memory Of
JOHNS, THOMAS HENRY
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6202902
Rank:
Serjeant
Unit:
1st Bn.
Regiment:
Middlesex Regiment
Date of Death:
1941-12-25
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Joint grave IV. G. 4-5.
Cemetery:
SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
China, (including Hong Kong)
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Harvey Johns and of Beatrice Mary Johns (nee Steele), of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
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