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About Reginald Gillon Christophers
Four brothers in four years died in WW1.
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Service No: 60286
- Date of Death: 13/10/1918
- Age: 36
- Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1st Bn.
- Grave Reference: I. B. 1.
- Cemetery: BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY
- Additional Information: Son of Anthony and Juliet Christophers, of 258, Tweed St., Invercargill; husband of Alice Mildred Christophers, of 10, Centre St., Invercargill, New Zealand. Born at Dunedin.
Mr A. Christophers, of Invercargill, has been advised that his eldest son, Lieutenant Reginald G. Christophers, is dangerously ill, having received serious gunshot wounds in the neck. Mr and Mrs Christophers have given four sons to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, of whom three have fallen in action. Lieutenant Reginald G. Christophers is a married man with three children, and volunteered for active service out of a high sense of his duty to his country.
Source: Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16346, 18 October 1918, Page 8
News has been received that Lieutenant Reginald Gillon Christophers, eldest son of Mr A. Christophers, Invercargill had died of wounds. He married the second daughter of Mr P. A. Vyner, of Southland, who, with her two little sons, is living in Remuera, Auckland. A sister of Mrs Christophers is Miss M. Vyner, or Fendalton.
Source: Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16350, 23 October 1918, Page 2
Headstone Inscription
Saint Johns Cemetery, Invercargill, New Zealand
In loving memory of Anthony Christophers Who died 7th May 1926 Aged 83 years And of his wife Juliet Mary Christophers Who died 1st December 1934 Aged 79 years Peace perfect peace Also in loving memory of their four sons Reginald, Julian Victor and Herbert Who lost their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918 Chris Christophers Died 2.4.87 Safely home
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