Archibald John CURVEY

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CURVEY, Archibald John

Service Number:	4675
Enlisted:	26 October 1915, Casula, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sandy Flat, New South Wales, 13 June 1886
Home Town:	Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police constable
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour, Tenterfield & District Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Infantry, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4675, Casula, New South Wales
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4675, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4675, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
18 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4675, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
15 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4675, 20th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4675 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"Constable Archibald Curvey joined the Queensland Police on the 1 of July 1910. Private Curvey embarked as part of the 20th Battalion departing from Sydney aboard the HMAT Ceramic A40 on the 13 of April 1916 for England. The 20th Battalion arrived in Belgium on the 2 of October 1916 and quickly moved south to the Somme. Here they provided reinforcements for the attack from Flers towards Bapaume. During April of 1917 the 20th Battalion relieved in and out of the line at outpost positions in front of Lagnicourt and Noreuil. Lance Corporal Archibald Curvey was killed in action by a shell, at the age of 30, during the Battle of Bullecourt on the 3 of May 1917. The two brigades of the 4th Division that carried out the attack suffered over 3,300 casualties; 1,170 Australians were taken prisoner - the largest number captured in a single engagement during the war." - SOURCE (www.police.qld.gov.au)

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