CHRISTENSEN, Louis Samuel
Service Numbers: | 754, 754A |
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Enlisted: | 23 January 1917, Cairns, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland , 22 May 1889 |
Home Town: | Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Accidental (crushed to death), Cairns, Queensland, 6 November 1952, aged 63 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
23 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 754, Cairns, Queensland | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 754, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
21 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 754, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 754A, 11th Machine Gun Company |
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"Cane Farmer Crushed to Death
CAIRNS: Louis Samuel Christensen (63), cane farmer, of Sawmill Pocket Road, Edmonton, was crushed to death yesterday morning when a tractor he was driving fell over a 20ft bank and crashed into a dry creek bed. The tractor overturned and Christensen was pinned underneath. His head was severely crushed and it is believed death was instantaneous. At the time of the accident Christensen was scarifying a cane paddock on his property." - from the Warwick Daily News 07 Nov 1952 (nla.gov.au)