Adam Anderson CHRISTIE

CHRISTIE, Adam Anderson

Service Number: 29476
Enlisted: 6 March 1916, 118th Howitzer Battery, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Haddington, Scotland, UK, 1878
Home Town: Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storekeeper
Died: 14 May 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Dromana War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

6 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29476, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, 118th Howitzer Battery, Melbourne, Vic.
3 Oct 1916: Involvement Bombardier, 29476, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
3 Oct 1916: Embarked Bombardier, 29476, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
20 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, France
6 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29476, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, Shell shock sustained when a German shell fell directly on a dugout in the forward dump at Brandhoek, killing 1 and wounding 7. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 29 September 1917 but in fact never recovered.
3 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , France. Never actually took up duties with this unit due to recurring problems from shell shock.
26 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29476, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , RTA 8 April 1918 and discharged as MU (wounds).

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