Regimental number 4454
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer
Address 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 38
Height 5' 4.5"
Weight 154 lbs
Next of kin Wife, Mrs A Christensen, 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military service Member for 7 years, Irrewilipe Rifle Club; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of teeth. Second Attestation Form states religion as Protestant.
Enlistment date 4 October 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/24/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death 39
Place of burial Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 169
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.
Transferred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, 3 April 1916, and taken on strength.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Statement, Red Cross File No 730308: '4089 Pte G.H. CAMPBELL, A Company, 60th Bn (patient, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Hollymoor, England), 24 December 1916: 'Informant states that on July 20th at Rifle Villa Cemetery, Fromelles[,] he saw the grave of Christensen. It is marked with a cross and the man's name is given thereon.'
Second statement, SA, 2 March 1917: 'Date of death 18.7.16. Buried in Grave No. 6. Row B. Fleurbaix Military Cemetery, by Pioneer Sgt. G.F. McBain. Chaplain: Capt. J.F. Gilbert. Ascertined from Burial Records supplied by Sgt. McBain and personally inspected by me.'
Third statement, 222A Pte J.F. O'CALLAGHAN, 60th Bn, 10 October 1917: 'Casualty was my particular friend. He was with the Lewis Gunners. I saw Casualty shot in the trench in the small of the back. He was lying dead. This happened just before he went over on the 19th July at Fleurbaix.'
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer
Address 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 38
Height 5' 4.5"
Weight 154 lbs
Next of kin Wife, Mrs A Christensen, 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military service Member for 7 years, Irrewilipe Rifle Club; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of teeth. Second Attestation Form states religion as Protestant.
Enlistment date 4 October 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/24/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death 39
Place of burial Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 169
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.
Transferred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, 3 April 1916, and taken on strength.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Statement, Red Cross File No 730308: '4089 Pte G.H. CAMPBELL, A Company, 60th Bn (patient, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Hollymoor, England), 24 December 1916: 'Informant states that on July 20th at Rifle Villa Cemetery, Fromelles[,] he saw the grave of Christensen. It is marked with a cross and the man's name is given thereon.'
Second statement, SA, 2 March 1917: 'Date of death 18.7.16. Buried in Grave No. 6. Row B. Fleurbaix Military Cemetery, by Pioneer Sgt. G.F. McBain. Chaplain: Capt. J.F. Gilbert. Ascertined from Burial Records supplied by Sgt. McBain and personally inspected by me.'
Third statement, 222A Pte J.F. O'CALLAGHAN, 60th Bn, 10 October 1917: 'Casualty was my particular friend. He was with the Lewis Gunners. I saw Casualty shot in the trench in the small of the back. He was lying dead. This happened just before he went over on the 19th July at Fleurbaix.'
Regimental number 4454
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer
Address 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 38
Height 5' 4.5"
Weight 154 lbs
Next of kin Wife, Mrs A Christensen, 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military service Member for 7 years, Irrewilipe Rifle Club; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of teeth. Second Attestation Form states religion as Protestant.
Enlistment date 4 October 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/24/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death 39
Place of burial Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 169
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.
Transferred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, 3 April 1916, and taken on strength.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Statement, Red Cross File No 730308: '4089 Pte G.H. CAMPBELL, A Company, 60th Bn (patient, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Hollymoor, England), 24 December 1916: 'Informant states that on July 20th at Rifle Villa Cemetery, Fromelles[,] he saw the grave of Christensen. It is marked with a cross and the man's name is given thereon.'
Second statement, SA, 2 March 1917: 'Date of death 18.7.16. Buried in Grave No. 6. Row B. Fleurbaix Military Cemetery, by Pioneer Sgt. G.F. McBain. Chaplain: Capt. J.F. Gilbert. Ascertined from Burial Records supplied by Sgt. McBain and personally inspected by me.'
Third statement, 222A Pte J.F. O'CALLAGHAN, 60th Bn, 10 October 1917: 'Casualty was my particular friend. He was with the Lewis Gunners. I saw Casualty shot in the trench in the small of the back. He was lying dead. This happened just before he went over on the 19th July at Fleurbaix.'
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Labourer
Address 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 38
Height 5' 4.5"
Weight 154 lbs
Next of kin Wife, Mrs A Christensen, 102 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military service Member for 7 years, Irrewilipe Rifle Club; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of teeth. Second Attestation Form states religion as Protestant.
Enlistment date 4 October 1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/24/4
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death 39
Place of burial Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 2), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 169
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.
Transferred to 57th Bn, 29 March 1916; taken on strength, 57th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, 3 April 1916, and taken on strength.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Statement, Red Cross File No 730308: '4089 Pte G.H. CAMPBELL, A Company, 60th Bn (patient, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Hollymoor, England), 24 December 1916: 'Informant states that on July 20th at Rifle Villa Cemetery, Fromelles[,] he saw the grave of Christensen. It is marked with a cross and the man's name is given thereon.'
Second statement, SA, 2 March 1917: 'Date of death 18.7.16. Buried in Grave No. 6. Row B. Fleurbaix Military Cemetery, by Pioneer Sgt. G.F. McBain. Chaplain: Capt. J.F. Gilbert. Ascertined from Burial Records supplied by Sgt. McBain and personally inspected by me.'
Third statement, 222A Pte J.F. O'CALLAGHAN, 60th Bn, 10 October 1917: 'Casualty was my particular friend. He was with the Lewis Gunners. I saw Casualty shot in the trench in the small of the back. He was lying dead. This happened just before he went over on the 19th July at Fleurbaix.'
Gravesite Details
Private, 60th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age Unknown.
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