Harold John CURTIS

CURTIS, Harold John

Service Number: 4786
Enlisted: 19 September 1915, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Singleton, New South Wales, 28 June 1877
Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Inverell, New South Wales, 28 July 1955, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Inverell Cemetery, NSW
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World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Armidale, New South Wales
8 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4786, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4786, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney

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Biography

Harold was severely wounded in July 1916. After several months in hospital in England, he returned to Australia in July 1917, and was discharged unfit as a consequence of his wounds in February 1918.

Harold took up a soldier settlers' block near Inverell called "Lochinvar" where he lived, worked and raised his family until his death in 1955.

1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal