Regimental number | 3 |
Place of birth | Tingalpa, Wynnum, Queensland |
School | Hemmant State School, Queensland |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Butcher |
Address | Lindum, Cleveland Line, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 9.75" |
Weight | 146 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Florence May Uhlmann, Lindum, Cleveland Line, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served as Sergeant in 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Transport Sergeant |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/7/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Zillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 26 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 27), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Christoph and Esther UHLMANN; husband of Florence May UHLMANN, Lindum, Queensland. Native of Tingalpa, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1722 Bombardier Thomas Percy UHLMANN, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 15 February 1918; Cousins: 653B Pte David Howard UHLMANN, 12th Machine Gun Company, returned to Australia, 15 January 1919; 3245 Pte John Reginald UHLMANN, 41st Bn, returned to Australia, 4 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 26 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Transferred to 4th Divisional Artillery, 5 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 August 1916. Marched out from Australian Army Training Depot, Park House, to Winchester, England, 10 September 1916; marched into Training Depot, Park House, from Winchester, 2 October 1916. Transferred to 21st Field Artillery Brigade, Boyton (116th Howitzer Battery), 26 October 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1917; taken on strength, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 30 March 1917, and posted to 101st Howitzer Battery. Killed in action, 21 July 1917. Statement, Red Cross File, 25878 Bombardier S.P. HALL, 102nd Howitzer Battery, 1 September 1917: 'I had the following from a Driver in the 101st Howitzer, who saw what is related but whose name I do not know. It was near Zillebeke on the right of Ypres on July 21st. He said Uhlmann was wounded in the arm. The Doctor of No. 1 Bde, Bombr. E. Barrs and Gnr. N. Salisbury went to his assitance. Another shell fell almost in the same spot and killed ther four. The matter was known to many and full details can be got from the Bty. Uhlmann was a Sgt. His people have a farm near Bribane. He came from Egypt in the Corsican in March 1916. He was in the 116th How. Bty. but had been transferred to the 101st on March 22 1917.' Second statement, 5731 Pte J. WESTLAKE, 101st Howitzer Battery (Patient, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartyford), 9 October 1917: 'He was a Sgt. I am in same Unit and he was Sgt. of my Sub section C. I saw him killed by shell when he was being attended to for a "Blighty" by Dr. Aspinall. Pte W. Salisbury, Bombdr Barrs were killed by same shell. Uhlmann was buried at Reninghelst Cemetery just outside the gate. Was present at the burial, service read by Chaplain Rodenknight of 2nd Bgde. Uhlmann was from Brisbane and was a splendid stamp of man.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, UHLMANN Christopher
Red Cross File 28102051 |