Facts: - death place: malaya - appearances: 5 63 - position: five-eighth - yearend: 29 1937 - tries: 4 42 - death date: 9 february 1942 - retired: yes - yearstart: 1928 1930,1933 - nickname: sardie - points: 28 496 - birth date: 31 may 1910 - fullname: sydney henry albert christensen - name: syd christensen - fieldgoals: 0 0 - club: glebe balmain tigers - birth place: sydney , new south wales - goals: 8 185 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of syd christensen .
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sydney henry albert christensen -lrb- 1910-1942 -rrb- was an australian rugby league player from the 1930s and a casualty of world war ii .