Basil Anthony CURLEY

CURLEY, Basil Anthony

Service Number: V50649
Enlisted: 24 April 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Streatham, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1919
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1978, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

24 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V50649
Date unknown: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V50649

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Basil Currey (Service No:V50649) enlisted in the ACMF in April 1940 and served with 8 Battalion VDC. Brother Kevin (Service Nos:VX39010/V50264) also served in WWII.

Born in 1918 in Streatham, Corangamite, Victoria Basil was th eldest child of James Patrick Curley (b1873 at Golden Plains nr Ballarat, Victoria) and Mary Josephine Murphy (b1888 in Murtoa, Wimmera, Victoria). James (a Commission Agent) and Mary married in 1918 in Streatham, Victoria where they settled and James worked as a Commission Agent.

In 1939 Basil was a Motor Mechanic in Streatham, Victoria. Following his father's death in 1942, Basil settled in Melbourne, Victoria where he worked as a Fitter and Turner. Basil died in 1978.

 

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