CHRISTIANSON, Victor Cyril Paul
| Service Number: | 7460 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1917, 2 years Naval/senior Cadets EMF 55th Bn, 3 years |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Boronia, Wall C, Niche 147. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7460, 14th Infantry Battalion, 2 years Naval/senior Cadets EMF 55th Bn, 3 years | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 7460, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 7460, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 16 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7460, 14th Infantry Battalion, SW right elbow | |
| 18 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7460, 14th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Australia and New Zealand in WWI,
Dan Jones
Pte Victor Cyril Paul Christianson,
Son of Mary (nee McAlpine) and Paul Christianson.
Born in Footscray, Victoria, in 1896.
A labourer, from Richmond West, Victoria, the 21 year old enlisted on the 4 July 1917 after previously being turned away due to poor chest measurements.
He saw service in France as a Private in the 14th Battalion, being given the service number 7460.
He was repatriated to England on the 26 June 1918 after receiving a GSW to his right elbow, before returning to Australia on 26 November 1918. He was discharged as medically unfit on the 18 April 1920.
After the war he married Eulalie Mabel Wright in 1938.
He died on the 27 December 1956 in Heidelberg, Victoria, and was cremated. His ashes interred at Springvale Botanical Cemetery. Boronia, Wall C, Niche 147. He was 60 years old.
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