Regimental number | 4751 |
Place of birth | Buln Buln, Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Buln Buln, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr. C. Christie, Buln Buln, Victoria |
Previous military service | Member, Rifle Club, Buln Buln, for 7 years. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 30 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.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 connections | Brother: 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 |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CHRISTIE William Jennings
Red Cross file 730610 |