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Carl Henry CHRISTENSEN

Regimental number1829
Place of birthMoonee Ponds, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Christian Christensen, 199 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date17 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 27), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Christian and Edith CHRISTENSEN, 26 Bloom Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne

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