Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Christensen C H Pte 1829 Carl Henry 40 Inf Bn 18 Salesman Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Bloom St, 26
Next of Kin: Christensen, Christian, father, 26 Bloom St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 17 Jun 1916
Embarked: A70 Ballarat 8 Aug 1916 (Hobart)
Date of Death: 25/12/1916 Private 40 Inf Bn
CWGC: "Son of Christian and Edith Christensen, of 26 Bloom St., Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Australia."
- CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Extracts from the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau Correspondence
Pte C Bush has asked me to answer your letter of the 14th inst and as I was the late C H Christensen's platoon Sgt I have much pleasure in doing so. On Christmas Eve we were being strafed by the Boche and he was landing those wretched minenwerfer somewhere near our front line. One came near Christensen and blew him about seven yards away, badly knocking him about, death being instantaneous. Next morning he was taken out and buried in a soldier's cemetery at Erquinghem, near Armentieres. if I visit the place again I will endeavour to locate the exact spot where he was buried.
He was only a slight lad, not very tall, about 5 feet 2" I should imagine, fair hair and either 18 or 19 years of age. He was a good lad all through and I was extremely sorry to lose him. If there is anything else I can do, I will only be too pleased to help you.
Letter from L K Swann (Sgt) C Coy, 40th Battn London 5.6.17.
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall A-F
In Memoriam
CHRISTENSEN.-Killed in action, in France, on
26th December, 1916, Private Carl Henry Chris-
tensen, aged 19 years 3 months, of 199 Lonsdale
street, Melbourne, late employee of Sargood
Bros.
-(Inserted by bereaved parents, brother, and
sisters.)
Family Notices. (1917, January 12). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
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