CURTIS, John
| Service Number: | 3220 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1872 |
| Home Town: | Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 2 May 1937, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-06. 14. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3220, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3220, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3220, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 15 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3220, 55th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (bronchitis & rheumatism) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
86 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 4th May 1937, Driver John Charles Curtis, 55th Battalion (Reg No-3220), miner from Lambton, New South Wales and Neath, N.S.W. and Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. METHODIST 4-06. 14. Not married.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 23rd August 1872 to George and Janet Curtis, John enlisted on the 9th August 1915 with the 17th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 20th December 1915.
Admitted to hospital 1.2.1917 (bronchitis).
Embarked for England 7.2.1917.
John returned home invalided on the 19th July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (bronchitis & rheumatism) on the 15th August 1917.
Mr. Curtis’s name has been inscribed on the Lambton Park Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at John’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 2.5.1937.
Not officially commemorated.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque to be placed at Mr. Curtis’s gravesite.
Older brother George Alfred (born 9.8.1874, Wallsend, New South Wales, labourer from Maitland Road, Cessnock, New South Wales, married, enlisted 18.12.1915, 35th Battalion, Reg No-48, wounded in action - 1.6.1917 (GSW left shoulder), 3.10.1917 (GSW left leg), 4.4.1918 (GSW right thigh), RTA 17.11.1918, invalided, died 1964, Cessnock, N.S.W., not officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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