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James Roy Campbell Christie

CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Australian Infantry, 1st Battalion

No: 3717

Date of Death: Between 22nd July 1916 and 25th July 1916

Age: 19

Commemorated: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Additional Information: Son of Moses and Jeanie Christie, 23 Balfour Street, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Born in Scotland.


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Australian Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion

No: 3717

Date of Death: 22nd July 1916

Place of Death: France

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


Australian Service Records:

James Roy Campbell Christie, born Glasgow

Attested at Holdsworth, 1st Battalion, 31st August 1915, Australian Imperial Force, No. 3717

Age 18 years 1 month. Height 5 feet 6 ins. Complexion Fair. Eyes Blue. Hair Light Brown. Commercial Traveller

N.O.K: Father Moses Christie, Islay, 23 Balfour Street, Dulwich Hill, amended to c/o Mrs A. J. Reynards, 22 Manchester Road, Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales

Previously/currently serving: 4th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements (Joined 18th August 1915)

Killed in action between 22nd and 25th July 1916. Buried in vicinity of Pozieres

Will (Dated 18th April 1916): All property bequeathed to Mother Jean Christie, Islay, 23 Balfour Street, Dulwich Hill, Sydney to be distributed (if desired) between Father Moses and Brothers John & Islay.

Medal Entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals.


Australian Roll of Honour:

James Roy Campbell Christie, Private, 1st Battalion, No. 3717. Born Glasgow, Scotland

Residing at Dulwich Hill, Sydney, New South Wales

Date of Death: 22nd/25th July 1916, Pozieres

Age 19. Clerk. Educated at Whitehill School, Glasgow

Age at arrival in Australia: 14 (c1912)

Previously served with Militia Forces

N.O.K: Father, Moses Christie, 23 Balfour Street, Dulwich Hill, Sydney


1901 Census, Living at 166 Ark Lane, Dennistoun

Father Moses Christie, age 30, Mechanical Engineer Foreman, born Campbeltown, Argyll

Mother Jeanie Christie, age 32, born Edinburgh

Children: James Christie, age 3, born Glasgow

John Christie, age 1, born Glasgow

Grandmother Margaret Mackellar, age 58, born Port Gordon, Banff