Regimental number | 2827 |
Place of birth | Kew, Victoria |
School | Kew State School, Victoria |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Car painter |
Address | Kew, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, A B Christian, 72 Pakington Street, Kew, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Orlando Henri Beater and Elizabeth CHRISTIAN, 72 Packington, Street, Kew, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to Anzac from ANZAC Advance Base, Mudros, 6 December 1915; joined 8th Bn, Anzac, 7 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 22 February 1916; taken on strength, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on B.103, 'presumed buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'. Statement, Red Cross File No 730405, 7671 Lance Corporal A. COLLINS, B Company, 59th Bn (patient, No 9 General Hospital, Rouen), 9 November 1916: 'I was informed by Qrmr. Sergt. Christian of B Coy. that he had seen the body of O.J. Christian brought in at Fromelles on the 19th July and buried there.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CHRISTIAN Orlando Julius
Red Cross file 730405 |