Christoph Herbert AHRNS

AHRNS, Christoph Herbert

Service Number: SX7539
Enlisted: 2 July 1940
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Bright, South Australia, Australia, 2 June 1898
Home Town: Jabuk, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling: Lameroo Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 4 August 1942, aged 44 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
Plot XX11, Row E, Grave 5,
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jabuk War Memorial Gates, Lameroo Oval Memorial Gates, Peake War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

2 Jul 1940: Involvement Gunner, SX7539
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX7539
4 Aug 1942: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, SX7539, 2nd/3rd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, Last Unit
5 Aug 1942: Imprisoned Battle Casualty: Reported Missing in Action.
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Christoph Herbert AHRNS was born on 2nd June 1898 in Bright, South Australia

His parents were Heinrich Christoph AHRNS and Elisabeth Wilhelmine Emma SCHMAAL

Last Unit: 3 Anti Tank Regiment

Rank - Gunner

Died of wounds while Prisoner of War

His name is memorialised on the Jabuk Roll of Honour and the Australian War Memorial