Christopher Ernest UHLMANN

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UHLMANN, Christopher Ernest

Service Number:	3
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1890
Home Town:	Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 July 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium II. E. 27.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Brisbane
21 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3 awm_unit: 101 Howitzer Battery awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-07-21

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Biography

"Mrs. C. E. Uhlmann, of Lindum, has receivcd the following letter from Sergeant Charles B. Dowe, from "Somewhere in France," Sergeant Dowe having belonged to the same battery as the late Sergeant C. E. Uhlmann:-

"Kindly accept my most sincere sympathy in your very great loss. I only met your husband four months ago, when he joined this battery, and during that short period we became fast friends. I immediately discovered what a fine chap he was, his manly and straight forward ways won from all the battery great respect, and made him the favourite he was with all ranks. It will be some little consolution for you to know that he lies in a proper grave in a cemetery alongside two of his favourite sub-section who were killed with him. You may rest assured that he will have a cross above him, and that his grave will be properly cared for. Many sad hearts from this battery assembled by the grave to pay our last respects to our dead heroes. Though he is gone in the flesh his fine manly spirit will always live, for there are few possessing so many such high qualities." - from the Brisbane Courier 29 Sep 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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