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William Jennings CHRISTIE

Regimental number4751
Place of birthBuln Buln, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressBuln Buln, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 6.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr. C. Christie, Buln Buln, Victoria
Previous military serviceMember, Rifle Club, Buln Buln, for 7 years.
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Rose CHRISTIE, Buln Buln, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3020 Pte Alexander CHRISTIE, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note on B.103, 'Presume buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHRISTIE William Jennings
Red Cross file 730610

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