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CURTIN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4175 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 8 March 1874 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aveluy Wood Cemetery, (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4175, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4175, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4175, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4175, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4175 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Curtin was born in Melbourne and enlisted at Blackboy Hill in Western Australia at over 45 years of age. His father had passed away when he was only three years of age and he was raised by his mother, Mary Curtin.
James was one of the almost 200 men of the 51st Battalion who perished in the last Australian attack on Mouquet Farm. He was listed as missing after the action. During 1923 his remains were found by the Imperial War Graves Commission, identified by the presence of a water proof sheet with his name on it. His mother, Mary, was well over 90 years of age when his body was found.