VIRGO, Harold Curtis
| Service Number: | 2407 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Almondbury, Bristol, England, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Pine Mountain, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | London England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Brassall Methodist Church Honour Roll, Ipswich Methodist Church Great War Honour Roll, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Ipswich Western Suburbs War Memorial, Pine Mountain Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2407, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2407, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2407, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph and Emma Louisa VIRGO, Pine Mountain, Ipswich, Queensland
He's a descendant of the Curtis's of Bristol and Birmingham who have always fought for and died for dear old England. He's also related to late Capt Gardiner who saw Indian Service.
MEMORIAL SERIVCE
A memorial service for the late Pte. H. C. Virgo, who as reported killed in action in Flanders last week, is to be conducted in the Brassall Methodist Church, by the Rev. W. Little. tomorrow (Sunday) September 3, at 11 a.m. The late Pte. H. C. Virgo was a member of the Hope of Ipswich Tent of Rechabiltes and members of the tent and sister tents are invited to present at the service a bus will leave the fountain at 10 a.m.
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