HEILIG, Christoph Friedrich
| Service Number: | Q14622 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 August 1940, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 23 Field Company RAE AMF |
| Born: | Hohenhaslach, Germany, 22 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Deagon, Queensland, 30 April 1959, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, Q14622, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 16 Aug 1940: | Involvement Private, Q14622 | |
| 6 Nov 1945: | Discharged Sapper, Q14622, 23 Field Company RAE AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Brenda Heilig
My great grandfather was born in Hohenhaslach, Germany. He arrived in Australia on board the ship Merkara when he was very young, 7 or 8 years old. They initially settled at Highfields on the Darling Downs in Queensland.
He worked on the land around South East Queensland and moved to Brisbane in about 1933. He was employed as a Powder Monkey with the Brisbane Water and Sewarage Board. He joined the Australian Military forces in 1940 lowering his age by about 10 years so he could serve his new country. He was a very proud Australian man despite being born in Germany. He stated on his enlistment papers that he was born in Glen Innis in NSW but he was not. After the war he worked in Brisbane sawmills as a saw doctor.
He retired to Deagon in Brisbane.
His wife Martha Christina nee Kanowski died in November 1942 while he was away with the Army. They had 5 sons - my grandfather Herbert Christoph (Bert), Walter Roy (Roy), Alexaner Leonard (Len), Harold Francis (Frank or Terry) and Keith Noel (Noel).
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