Kristensen, Peter Christian
SURNAME
Kristensen
NAME
Peter Christian
PLACE OF BIRTH
Vostrup, Denmark
OCCUPATION
Farmer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns, Qld
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
21/10/1916
NEXT OF KIN
(brother) Charles David Kristensen, Mossman, QLD
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Address on Nominal Roll: Mossman, Port Douglas, QLD
REGIMENT 1
25th Battalion AIF
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
13/08/1918
OTHER INFORMATION
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal No.25821, Victory No.24829
STORY OUTLINE
Peter Christian Kristensen enlisted at Cairns and embarked from Sydney for overseas on HMAT 'Demosthenes' and disembarked at Plymouth England.
He was sent to France in June 1916 (most likely to relieve the 25th Battalion after the AIF's disastrous loss of some 10,000 men in the April/May offences at Bullecourt in northern France).
Some sixteen weeks later he was wounded in action, probably during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, Ypres, Belgium.
The final result of his injuries necessitated transfer on the hospital ship Dunluce Castle to the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol, England where his right leg was amputated above the knee.
He was subsequently returned to Australia on the hospital ship Karoola to Melbourne, finally being discharged in August 1918.
SERVICE NO
6340
