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CURRAN, James Joseph
Personal Details
Other Name: | Cantwell, Joseph - Government Records |
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Service Number: | 494 |
Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1886 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 494, Depot Battalion , Brisbane, Queensland | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
7 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt | |
16 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata" | |
23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 494, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Private Curran's personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records, Melbourne in 1920. As his mother had passed away 3 months before he enlisted in the AIF, they are still awaiting collection.