Robert CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS, Robert

Service Number: 6234
Enlisted: 8 May 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1898
Home Town: Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Auburn State School & Technical College Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Railway employee
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

8 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 6234, Melbourne, Victoria
11 Sep 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6234, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 6234, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
26 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6234, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Biography

"CHRISTMAS.— Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTMAS and FAMILY desire to return their very sincere and heartfelt THANKS to relations and many kind friends for visits, letters, cards and other expressions of sympathy in the loss of our dear son and brother, Private Robert Christmas, who was killed in action in France on the 26th October. 23 Victoria-grove, Auburn." - from the Melbourne Age 24 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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