David McDonald Christie

Service number: 6966

Rank: Private

Unit: 13th Battalion 23rd Reinforcement

Service: Australian Army

Date of death: Cemetery or memorial details:

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Source: National Archives of Australia

David McDonald Christie was born in Forfarshire, Scotland and was 21 years and 2 months old at enlistment on 9th April 1916. David was a carpenter by trade and his parents David and Mary Jane lived at “St Vigeans”, Thornton Street, Manly.

On 25th November 1916 he embarked at Sydney on the Beltanadisembarking at Devonport England on 29th January 1917. David was reported missing in France on 11th April 1917. He was captured by the Germans and interned at Limburg, Germany as a prisoner of war. On 14th January 1919 he was repatriated and returned to England. David married Flora Scott MacDonald on 22nd February 1919 in Scotland. David then returned to Australia per the Katoomba on 8th August 1919 and was discharged from service.