Joseph Lindsay CURTIS

CURTIS, Joseph Lindsay

Service Numbers: 1387, N448789
Enlisted: 13 September 1915, Place of enlistment - Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Glen Innes, New South Wales, 9 June 1892
Home Town: Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: 7 September 1984, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Glen Innes General Cemetery
Memorials: Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Wellingrove Public School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1387, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Place of enlistment - Armidale, New South Wales
23 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1387, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked on SS Hawkes Bay from Sydney on 23rd October 1915
14 Dec 1916: Transferred Second Class Air Mechanic, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
1 May 1917: Promoted First Class Air Mechanic, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
27 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment
1 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Light Horse Regiment
6 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1387, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked on SS Kaiser-i-Hind from England on 6th May 1919, disembarking Australia on 19th June 1919
11 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1387, 7th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

19 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N448789, Place of enlistment - Glen Innes, New South Wales

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Richard and Susan Curtis of Glen Innes, husband of Alice McOley Curtis

Brother of

  • 2754 Lance Corporal James Raymond Curtis - 1st Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 7th March 1919 (born 1890) and
  • 2997 Second Lieutenant Richard Haddon Curtis - No. 4 Squadron AFC, killed in France 6th January 1918 (born 1894)
  • other siblings Frances HB (born 1889), Florence R (born 1895), Bessie RV (born 1897) and Norman L (born 1899)
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