CHRISTIE, James Alexander
| Service Number: | 901 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Antrim, Ireland, January 1885 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-28. 30. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 901, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 901, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 901, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 12 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 901, 12th Infantry Battalion, 5th MD - chronic dysentery from serving on Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
78 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 15th July 1942, Company Quartermaster Sergeant James Alexander Christie, 12th Battalion, 1st A.I.F., butcher from 45 Suffolk Street, Fremantle, Western Australia and 45 Annie Street, Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, about 58 years of age. GENERAL-28. 30.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132822323 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Antrim, Ireland about 1885 to parents unknown, James enlisted September 1914 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia.
Admitted to hospital 27.10.1915 (dysentery), James returned home March 1916, discharged medically unfit suffering neurasthenia (shell shock).
There is no headstone to tell us that Mr Christie served with the 1st A.I.F., now long forgotten, so July 2020 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=10211#grave-photo-1
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for official commemoration for this Original Anzac.
Lest We Forget.
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