Axel Bang CHRISTENSEN

Regimental number39759
OccupationCivil servant
Next of kinFather, J K Christensen, 9 River Road, Avonside, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationCompany Sergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLouvencourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 43), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jorgen and Jorgine Christensen, 66 King Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand. Clerk, Public Trust Office, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 12

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