CHRISTMASS, Edward Aubrey
| Service Number: | W73597 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 6 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Northam, Western Australia, 7 July 1966, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W73597, 9th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 15 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W73597, 9th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W73597, 9th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Northam WA in 1895, Aubrey was the fifth of seven children of Edward (Ned) Henry Charles Christmass (b1868 in Kunine, Northam, WA) and Mary Jane Ralph (b1869 in Toodyay, WA). Ned (a Farmer) and Mary married in 1889 in Toodyay WA and settled at Grass Valley in Northam to raise their family.
Aubrey was a Farmer at Grass Valley in Northam WA in 1920 when he married Minnie Smith Oliver (b1899 in Northam WA). Aubrey and Minnie settled at Grass Valley where they raised their family. In July 1942 Aubrey enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W73597) and was attached to 9th Battalion VDC when he was Discharged in October 1945. Son Arthur (Trooper; Service No:WX26079/W405) served in WWII and Doug (Private; Service Nos:WX500443/W40901) served in the ACMF and from 1946 in the Interim Army in Japan.
Aubrey died in 1966 and Minnie in 1994.
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