Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 23/08/1916
- Date of Discharge
- 27/11/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Parkes NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Acton ACT
- Occupation
- Postal assistant
- Next of Kin
- John B. Christie (father), Bogan Gate NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 17312
- Final Rank
- Sapper
- Final Unit
- 4 Division Signal Company AIF
Notes
Christie was living at the Bachelor Quarters in Acton and working as the postal assistant and telegraph operator at Canberra and Duntroon when he enlisted in August 1916. He served as a Sapper in the 4th Division Signal Company in France and Belgium from September 1917 until August 1919. He was suffering from post neurasthenia (otherwise known as shell shock or post traumatic stress disorder) when he was discharged in November 1919. Christie died on 9 May 1988 in Sydney.
Description - height 5 feet 8¼ inches, weight 142 pounds, chest 31½ - 34 inches, medium complexion, light brown eyes, brown hair, Catholic, scar below his mouth.
Sources
Ann Gugler, 'The Builders of Canberra 1909-1929', 1994
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queanbeyan/Canberra Advocate - 17 July 1916
Queanbeyan Age - 17 October 1914, 14 March 1916
Sydney Morning Herald - 11 May 1988