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CHRISTMAS, George Ripa
(Service number 47121)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	12/08/1874	Place of Birth	Lyttelton

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Clive Street, Timaru
Occupation	Miller
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J. CHRISTMAS (mother), Clive Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, G Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Turakina
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	21 May 1955	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 113, Plot 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Ripa Christmas was the son of John and Annie Christmas, and a brother of Percy John Christmas who was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [19 December 2016]

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