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William George CHRISTENSEN

Regimental number5816
Place of birthTweed Heads New South Wales
SchoolBilambil Public School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTweed Heads, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christensen, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNo
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Date of death28 December 1916
Age at death25.6
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 22), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and the late Mary CHRISTENSEN. Native of Bilambil, New South Wales.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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