Victor James Christophers

Forenames

Victor James AWMM

Surname

Christophers AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/549 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

28 Jan 1886 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Tweed Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 A. Christophers, Tweed Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/549 AWMM

Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 11 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM
Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5 feet 8 1/2 inches AWMM
• Chest measurement, WWI AWMM
  35 AWMM
• Chest expansion, WWI AWMM
  37 AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  157 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Anthony and Juliet Mary Christophers.

One of four brothers to serve in the First World War: Herbert (Bert) Henry Christophers (24/7), Julian Anthony Christophers (45998), Reginald (Reg) Gillon Christophers (60286). They all attended Southland Boys High School and are commemorated in the 2010 novel "Poppy Boys" written by Lynley Dear, the Southland Boys High School Archivist. AWMM

Death

31 May 1915 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

No. 2 Outpost Cemetery, Turkey AWMM A.7 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21894162
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/606041/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/606041
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 125
• Dear, L. (2010). Poppy boys : an interpretation. Invercargill, N.Z.: Craigs.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.