Sydney Earnest Christian

Sydney Earnest Christian

Infobox Military Person
name= Sydney Earnest Christian
lived= April 17, 1868death date and age|1931|5|17|1868|4|17
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=


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nickname=
allegiance= Australian Army
serviceyears= 1891-1918
rank= Brigadier General
commands=
unit=
battles=Second Boer War
World War I
*Anzac Cove
*Battle of Fromelles
*Battle of the Somme
awards= Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mention in Despatches (2)
Légion d'Honneur (France)
laterwork=

Sydney Earnest Christian CMG (17 April 186817 May 1931) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in World War I. He retired in 1918 with the rank of honorary brigadier-general.

ee also

List of Australian Generals

References

[http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/%7Ermallett/Generals/index.html Sydney Earnest Christian Biography at General Officers of the First AIF]


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