CHRISTIE, John
| Service Numbers: | 522, 522A |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1915, John Christie enlisted in Liverpool NSW, (even though he was a Melbourne boy), aged 22 years and 10 months. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Cyclist Company |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 522, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, John Christie enlisted in Liverpool NSW, (even though he was a Melbourne boy), aged 22 years and 10 months. | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 522A, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 522A, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jan 1916: | Transferred 13th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 2 Jan 1916: | Transferred 5th Divisional Cyclist Company, John was transferred to the cyclist corps and later to the 1st Anzac cyclists | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Promoted Lance Corporal, John was promoted to Lance Corporal on 23/3/1916. However, at his own request he was remustered and returned to Private on 4/7/1917. | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, 522, John Christie received a gunshot wound injury o his Right hand and thigh. After initial treatment he was sent to Bath War Hospital in England. | |
| 19 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 522, Following his wounding in France and rehabilitation in England, John was sent home to Melbourne, Australia aboard the 'Mamari' departing England 21/12/1918. He was discharged here in Melbourne. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kaye Wheeler
John Christie was born in 1892 in Caulfield Victoria. He was the 7th of 11 children born to Andrew Aitken Christie and Hanna (Hester). John's father died in 1912, when he was 19, and his mother Hanna was given as his next of kin on his enlistment. The family address at the time of his father's death was Rose St. West Brunswick. Before enlisting in the AIF John worked as a station hand, and this may have been the reason he was in NSW at the time of enlistment.
His brothers, Robert and Arthur also enlisted in WW1 and luckily for this family all three brothers returned home from the War.
sourced from Trove, naa.gov.au, Ancestry.com