Alexander Christison was the captain of Hindmarsh reserves from 1910 to 1912. When this team evolved into the Corinthians club he played on with them in 1913, when they finished fifth in the ten team Second Division. J. Christison, perhaps his brother, played in the same team. Well into his thirties, Alex Christison had retired from playing by 1914.
He had been born in Montrose, Scotland, (25 January 1881) and gave his occupation as “coach painter” when he joined the AIF in August 1915. He was married with an indeterminate number of children (the figure is obscured on the attestation form.) They lived at Richard St. Hindmarsh – only a good goal kick away from Hindmarsh Oval.
Alex Christison served with the 10th Battalion in France and was twice wounded. He was shot in the thigh at Pozieres on 25 July 25 1916, and after recovering returned to the front. At Passchendaele he was gassed on 2 November 1917. Again he recovered and returned to duty at Weymouth before being shipped back to Australia and medically discharged in April 1918. Inevitably, he did not play football again, and died in Adelaide in 1956.