Toowoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall WW1 Roll of Honour
Christopher Carl SAAL
Photo: State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Turner
Enlisted
12-July-1916
Place
Toowoomba
Age
19
Status
Single
Service No
6151
Rank
Private
Unit
26th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements
Embarked
27-October-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
20-September-1917
Place
Menin Road, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
Notes
Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.
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Christopher Saal arrived in France in June 1917. Three months later he was killed in action in Belgium at the battle of Menin Road. His body was never found. He was only 20.
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