Private: 3169 John Baden Powell CHRISTOPHERSON.

36th BATTALION AIF

Private: 3169 John Baden Powell CHRISTOPHERSON.

Born: 18th May 1900. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:24507/1900.

Married: 1922. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Wife: Margaret Christopherson. nee: Blakey. (19..-1990)

Died: 31st March 1953. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Buried: 2nd April 1953. Sandgate Cemetery.

Father: Richard Christopherson.

Mother: Mary Christopherson.

INFORMATION

A forgotten digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery. 66 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 2nd April 1953, Private John Baden Powell (Chris) Christopherson, 36th Battalion, carter from 73 Charles Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 20 Reay Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 53. ANGLICAN 3-189. 12.

Trove Article

Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 18th May 1900 to Richard and Mary Christopherson nee Martin; husband of Margaret Christopherson nee Blakey (married 1922, died 1990), John enlisted March 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
John stated his age to be 18 years and 9 months, actual age 16 years 9 months.

Admitted to hospital at sea on the 11.5.1917 with gastritis, John returned home March 1918 for being underage.
His name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour (photo).

For 62 years, Mr Christopherson had been resting in an unmarked grave, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.

http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…

Photo of the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour (Board 2) taken by Ken Shilling, available from “Remembrance” CD, at the Newcastle Family History Society.
Older brother Francis Claude (Reg No-549 and 59015) also resting at the cemetery.

Lest We Forget.

Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, N.S.W.

(Gary Mitchell; April 2019)

Family Information

Baden was a single "Stated he was 18 years and 9 months" but was underage upon enlistment. He also stated he was a Carter from 73 Charles Street, Cooks Hill via Newcastle, N.S.W. upon enlistment.