Christopher VALENTINE

Christopher VALENTINE Update Details

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Service Number:	3897
Enlisted:	29 October 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Middlesborough, England, 1889
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gas Worker
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 25 June 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

29 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3897, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3897, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3897, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 20th Battalion
3 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3897, Gassed. Transferred to England on 17 November 1917
21 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , In France
8 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3897, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Address at the time of enlistment was Brisbane Street, North Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Annie Valentine of Church Street, Middlesborough, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Christopher married Sophia R. Ireland in Sydney, NSW