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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --Early Life Roger Johnson was born 28 December 1922 at Whitehaven, England.[1] One of two sons of William Henry Johnson, mining engineer, and his wife Mary Stewart Sharpe, née Hayes. Roger’s father, a talented amateur painter, was a strong creative influence and encouraged his appreciation of the natural environment. Educated at St Bees School, Cumbria, he studied at the University of Liverpool (B.Arch 1949, Dip. Civic Design 1951) under the town planner and architect Gordon Stephenson 1

He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1942-46). He was flying an Avenger with the 855 Squadron on 23 July 1944 when he was shot down off Dieppe. Rescued by a German submarine he remained a prisoner of war in Germany until 20 May 1945 when the Russians released him. On 9 July 1949 at St Stephen’s Church of England, Prenton, Birkenhead, he married a managerial trainee, Patricia Noel Bellis.Johnson died 23 May 1991 at Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia.[1]1