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Richard Francis CHRISTIANSON

Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolFord Street
Other trainingLieutenant Australian Garrison Artillery
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStereotyper
AddressLocksley, Lock Street, Freshwater, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs. L. Christianson, Locksley, Lock Street, Freshwater, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 September 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name2nd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood
Age at death25.11
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 11), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret CHRISTIANSON, husband of Leonie CHRISTIANSON, of Surfers parade, Harbord, Manly, New South Wales. Native of Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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