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CHRISTIE, Adam Anderson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 29476 |
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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 |
Service History
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. | |
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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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