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Christopher James METELMANN

Regimental number3363
Place of birthArnold, Victoria
SchoolArnold State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressArnold via Inglewood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J C Metelmann, Arnold, via Inglewood, Victoria
Enlistment date2 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed 2 years in Egypt and France. Wounded on 26 November, 1916
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingJoyce's Farm, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery (Enclosure No. 4) (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave No. 36), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr J and Mrs M. METELMANN, Arnold, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins: 551 Lance Sergeant Norman GRAHAM, 38th Bn, killed in action, 7-9 June 1917; 660 Pte Wesley Hamilton GRAHAM, 30th Bn, killed in action, 12 May 1917.

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