Service Details
Name:
 CHRISTIE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM EDWARD TOLFREY
Initials:
 W E T
Rank:
 Colonel
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Regiment:
 Army Service Corps
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Date of Death:
 1918-10-22
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Date of Birth:
 1877-11-10
Age:
 40
Cause of Death:
 Died of influenza, at Cape Town, on his way home from East Africa
Decorations:
 C M G, D S O, O B E, Mentioned in Despatches (3 times)
Citations:
 CMG LG Sup 4 February 1919 pg 1941 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in East Africa". DSO LG Sup 1 February 1917 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field"; OBE LG Sup 15 April 1919 pg. 4978 "On recommendation of the Secretary State for War"; 1st MID LG Sup 22 June 1915 pg. 5976; 2nd MID 1 January 1916 pg. 3; 3rd MID LG Sup 7 March 1918 pg. 2888
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Colonel Edward Tolfrey Christie ASC
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. 4. 97325B. Sp. Mem.

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