Christopher Henry Gage

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GAGE, Christopher Henry

Service no: 2158 [1]

Place of birth: Eugowra

Address: Orange

Occupation: Rabbit grader

Next of kin: Violet May Gage (nee Newton) (wife), 79 Dalton Street, Orange, later Kia Ora, Chappell Street, Bankstown

Date of enlistment: 4 April 1916

Place of enlistment: Dubbo

Age at enlistment: 28

Fate: Joined camp at Dubbo 4 April 1916. Joined 54th Depot Battalion at Bathurst 21 April 1916. Embarked HMAT Boorara A42 Sydney 19 August 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 13 October 1916. Proceeded to France 14 December 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal 15 April 1917. Killed in action, Belgium.

Date of death: 26 September 1917

Buried: New Irish Farm British Cemetery, Belgium, Plot 34, Row E, Grave 13