Walter Michael CURRIE MID, MM

Walter Michael CURRIE MID, MM Update Details

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Service Number:	356
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Iron Barks, Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1893
Home Town:	Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Wounds, No 10 General Hospital, Rouen, France, 25 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen P I A 2A
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingstown School & District WW1 Honour Roll

22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Jan 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 27 January 1916 on page 919 at position 137
3 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
3 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney
24 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
9 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), GSW to right shoulder and back - severe
19 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 19 April 1917 on page 919 at position 8
25 Apr 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 356, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 356 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-25

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