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Godfrey Charles CHRISTIANSEN

Place of birthLaidley Creek, Queensland
SchoolState School, Burnside, Laidley Creek, Queensland
Other trainingEngine Driver
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGarnet Hill, Gin Gin, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, N.H. Christiansen, Wooroolin via Kingaroy, Queensland
Enlistment date8 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Cross


Recommendation date: "Unspecified"

FateDied of disease 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingSierra Leone, Africa
Age at death28.11
Place of burialFreetown (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 connectionsCorporal 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

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