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CURRIE, Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1761 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebury, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Baraba, New South Wales, 11 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kingstowns, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 October 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row E, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: Far from home and all that love him here lies a noble lad, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingstown School & District WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1761, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebury, NSW | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Driver, 1761, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Driver, 1761, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1761, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1761 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-10-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michale and Elizabeth Currie of Petunia Street, Bankstown South, NSW
4 May 1915 - invalided to Australia from Suez for treatment then re-embarked in July 1915 for overseas.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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