His story
William Simpson Christie worked as a horse trainer before joining the 1st Australian Veterinary Section. His attestation named a sister at Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin, and gave his birthplace as San Francisco.
He disembarked for medical treatment and died from tuberculosis at the Consumptive Sanatorium, Adelaide, on 9 July 1915. He was buried at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Occupation
- Horse trainer
- Family
- Sister recorded at Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 457
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 1st Australian Veterinary Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 9 July 1915
- Place of death
- Consumptive Sanatorium, Adelaide (reviewed service papers); AWM index gives Yarram
- Recorded cause
- Tuberculosis
- Cemetery or memorial
- West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “William Simpson Christie”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/william_simpson_christie/.
Contribute information
Can you identify Christie's complete archival file reference, a civil birth record, or a document establishing his own residence? His sister's address and the AWM association are separate connections.