John Shattock CHRISTMAS

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CHRISTMAS, John Shattock

Service Number:	8029
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Auburn, Victoria, 1894
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Injuries due to war service, Heidleberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, 14 January 1949
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8029, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Melbourne
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 8029, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 8029, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Botanist, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John Shattock CHRISTMAS was born in Auburn, Victoria in 1894

His parents were Henry Shipp CHRISTMAS & Ellen Jane SHATTOCK

He enlisted in Melbourne on 20th September, 1915 and embarked on 24th November, 1915 on the HMAT Botanist with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade , 16th ABattery - he returned to Australia in 1919

John married Lucy Annie NORRIS in 1917 in the All Saints Church, Boughton Lees, Kent, England - they had 5 known children

John died on 14th January, 1949 in Heidleberg Repatriation Hospital in Victoria due to war service injuries and is buried in the Springvale Cemetery

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