CURRAN, Richard Thomas
| Service Number: | 2296 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Lambton, New South Wales, 11 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Accidental - Waratah Colliery crushed by falling stone, Newcastle Hospital, NSW, 16 April 1926, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-21. 27. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2296, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2296, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2296, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 4 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2296, 31st Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW left thigh, severe | |
| 12 Jun 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2296, 31st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served and suffered during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 18th April 1926, (the only funeral on this day), Private Richard Thomas Curran, 31st Battalion (Reg No-2296), miner (Waratah Colliery, N.S.W.), from Carrington Parade, New Lambton, New South Wales, father of two, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 35. GENERAL-21. 27.
Born at New Lambton, New South Wales on the 11th May 1890 to Richard and Mary Curran; husband of Lily May Curran nee Hunt (married 12.7.1919 at the Parish Church of Melksham, United Kingdom, died?), Richard enlisted September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Mr Curran’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor (photo, 266 names inscribed, 43 Fallen, unveiled date unknown), New Lambton War Memorial Gates, and the New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour. Name would be inscribed on the New Lambton (No.33) Loyal Thistle lodge M.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour (not located).
Mr Curran tragically died of injuries at the Newcastle Hospital on the 16th April 1926 when employed at Waratah Colliery he was crushed by a falling stone.
Mr Curran’s headstone plaque has been destroyed, so May 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
A Plaque will be placed at the gravesite courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Lest We Forget.
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