Place of birth | Laidley Creek, Queensland |
School | State School, Burnside, Laidley Creek, Queensland |
Other training | Engine Driver |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Garnet Hill, Gin Gin, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Father, N.H. Christiansen, Wooroolin via Kingaroy, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Cross Recommendation date: |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Sierra Leone, Africa |
Age at death | 28.11 |
Place of burial | Freetown (King Tom) (Row I, Grave No. 1), West Africa. |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Neils Henrik and Maren Christine CHRISTIANSEN, Wooroolin, Queensland. Born at Laidley Creek, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Corporal Jens Christiansen reported missing 8 October 1917 somewhere in France |
Other details |
Cause of death: Bright's Disease Commemorated on Panel 162, Australian War Memorial, Canberra |