Albert James (Bert) CURRIE MM

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Service Number:	167
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Brodies Plains, Inverell - New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1889
Home Town:	Brodies Plains, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Natural causes, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1970, aged 80 years
Cemetery:	Griffith Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour, Inverell Sinclair Public School and Long Plain Roll of Honour

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 167, Sydney, New South Wales
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 167, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 167, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 167, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers
28 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Field Company Engineers
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded Second Corporal, 167, 1st Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, GSW (right leg)
23 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 167, 1st Field Company Engineers

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