Jacob CHRISTENSEN

CHRISTENSEN, Jacob

    Service Number: 847
    Enlisted: 23 March 1915, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Died of wounds - amputation of legs followed by shock, Malta, 18 September 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Plot B, Row X1, Grave 2 Chaplain R. Menzies officiated, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 847, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 847, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 847, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    10 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 847, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wounds to the legs and head and invalided to Malta

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Birth name given as Jacob Aloyisius Christensen but was not registered until 1896

    Son of Max Christian Christensen and Margaret Christensen (nee McLennan) of 51 Little Charles Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Brother of Alice Margaret Christensen and Christiana Christensen

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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