CHRYSTIE, Robert Lamanius
| Service Number: | 362 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 23 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Morgan Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, 25 November 1964, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-57. 109. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 362, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement 362, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked 362, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 8 Apr 1916: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 362, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, 2nd MD, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
56 years ago today, on the 1st December 1964, Leading Seaman Robert Lamanius Chrystie, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (Reg No-362), labourer (Leading Seaman), from Morgan Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. ANGLICAN 1-57. 109.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 23rd
June 1894 to Robert Lamanius and Elizabeth Chrystie; husband of Doris Ann Chrystie nee Frogley (married 1921, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1924, sleeping beside Robert, also in an unmarked grave, ANGLICAN 1-57. 107.), Robert enlisted July 1915 at Edgecliff, N.S.W., returning home July 1917.
Robert’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th April 1917, 83 names now inscribed). Name not inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial.
I located Mr Chrystie resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so March 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/.../index.php...
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for official commemoration.
Lest We Forget.
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