CHRISTIANSEN, Martin
| Service Numbers: | 283, 37317 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1917, Maryborough, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Denmark, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Manly, Queensland, Australia, 18 May 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nundah Cemetery, Brisbane |
| Memorials: | Goomeri & District Roll of Honour WW1 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 283, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 283, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 283, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37317, Field Artillery Brigades, Maryborough, Qld. | |
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| 5 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37317, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37317, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 37317, Field Artillery Brigades |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Rose Annie Christiansen, Goomeri, Kingaroy Line, Queensland
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Martin Christiansen served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 283 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Second service was as a Gunner S.N. 37317 in the 3rd Div. Amm. Col. A.I.F. Feild Artillery, 30th Reinforcements, WW1.
On his return from the Boer War, Martin married Rose Annie Young on 19 July 1901 and would have four children. He had worked as a farmer in Goomeri, Qld but later relocated to the bayside area of Manly, Qld where he was residing at the time of his passing in 1949.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murrsy p. 473; National Archives Australia WW1 service record; Funeral Notice).
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