CHRISTIE, Adolph Wilhelm
| Service Number: | 3027 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Corps Troop Signal Coy |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia , 29 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway clerk (apprentice) |
| Died: | Rosemount Military Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 July 1944, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld 8 July 1944, aged 47, at Rosemount Military Hospital in Brisbane. He was interred two days later in Anzac Portion 7, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3027, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3027, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3027, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 2 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3027, Corps Troop Signal Coy, 1st MD |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Sapper Adolph Wilhelm Magnus Hagerup Christie (Service No. 3027), an Australian World War One veteran whose previously unmarked grave in Lutwyche Cemetery we have marked with a plaque honouring his service for Australia.
On 15 April 2023, his plaque was unveiled in Lutwyche Cemetery, along with a further 246 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche...
Adolph Wilhelm Magnus Hagerup Christie was born on 29 January 1897 in Cunnamulla, to Adolph Wilhelm Magnus Hagerup Christie (1853-1930) and Emma Johns (1857-1912).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Charleville, Queensland, in 1916 at the age of 19, giving his occupation as apprentice clerk with the Railway Department and naming his father, Adolph, as next of kin. On 27 October 1916, he embarked for overseas service with the 52nd Battalion aboard HMAT Marathon (A74) from Brisbane.
During his service on the Western Front in France and Belgium, Christie was hospitalised several times suffering from trench fever, a common affliction among men serving in the trenches. In September 1917, he was evacuated to England aboard the hospital ship St. Denis and admitted to the Norfolk War Hospital in Norwich. Later that month he was transferred to the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield, where he convalesced before being discharged on 5 October 1917 to the No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth. From late 1917 to early 1918 he was classified for “light duties only,” remaining in England until repatriation following the Armistice.
In late December 1919, Sapper Christie embarked from England for return to Australia on the troopship Königin Luise, arriving in Brisbane in February 1920.
Following his return, he lived in Dalby and worked as a telegraphist at the Dalby Railway Station. On 28 January 1922, he married Lucy Agnes O’Neil and together they had three children.
Sapper Adolph Wilhelm Magnus Hagerup Christie died on 8 July 1944, aged 47, at Rosemount Military Hospital in Brisbane. He was interred two days later in Anzac Portion 7, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.
On 14 July, a week after his death The Dalby Herald newspaper published the following obituary:
“Word of the death of Mr, Adolph Christie of Dalby, who for some time has been a patient in Rosemount Military Hospital, Brisbane, was received with regret by his many friends and workmates of the staff of the Dalby Railway Station, where he was telegraphist tor a number of years. Mr. Christie, who was 46 years of age, saw service with the A.I.F. in the first world war, and his death was due to disabilities suffered as a result. He was held in highest esteem by his fellow workers and regarded as an efficient and courteous officer of the Department. His funeral look place at Brisbane on Monday. Mr. Christie is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss D. O'Neill, of Dalby, and two sons, Neville, who resides with his mother at Dalby, and Mr. W. Christie, night officer at Oakey Railway Station.”
After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.
Lest We Forget
We received grant funding for this grave plaque from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.
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