CHRISTERSON, Frederick Otto
Service Numbers: | SX31199, S11350 |
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Enlisted: | 8 May 1943 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 13 Field Regiment AMF |
Born: | Kadina, SA, 24 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | Wallaroo Public School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
8 May 1943: | Involvement Corporal, SX31199 | |
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8 May 1943: | Involvement Corporal, S11350 | |
8 May 1943: | Enlisted In The Field, SA | |
8 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX31199, 13 Field Regiment AMF | |
5 Apr 1946: | Discharged | |
5 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX31199, 13 Field Regiment AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr and Mrs B.T. CHRISTERSON of Wallaroo. Educated at Wallaroo, he played cricket for Yorketown and in civilian life farmed mostly on the Peninsula being employed by Mr. Eddy Page of Yorketown. He later was employed at Holdens Motors Ltd. and served several months with the Militia before the outbreak of the war. Enlisting in August 1939 Frederick trained at Woodside in the Artillery Section. Aged 24, he was married with one child and residing at 231 Rundle Street, Adelaide.