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Robert Edwin CHRISTIE

Regimental number3713
Place of birthCamperdown, Victoria
SchoolState School, Port Fairy, Victoria
Other trainingNil
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressColac, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Christie, Colac, Victoria
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Malwa on 2 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row L. Grave No. 23), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Camperdown Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: George and Ellen CHRISTIE, Manifold Street, Colac, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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