Soldier profiles
Name : CHRISTIAN, ERIC BENSON
Service Number : NX90975
Date of Birth : 31/07/1903
Place of Birth : BALMAIN, NSW
Known as : CAPPY, CAPPIE
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/03/1942
Locality on Enlistment : HABERFIELD, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : CHRISTIAN, ROSE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/09/1944
Date Died : 10/11/1971
Age at Death : 68
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5660621 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/04/1961 p1, Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 11/11/1971, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/04/1972 p2
Background : Sudden death.
