Frank Norman CURTIN

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Service Number:	465
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 2 October 1888
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Public School, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Norwood Baptist Church WW1 Honour Rolls, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 465, Depot Battalion , Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Transylvania to Marseilles
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 465 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 465, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Frank Curtin’s mother died when he was only six years of age. His father was Frederick Faulding Curtin, who died in 1918.

Frank’s Roll of Honour form, filled out by a brother, states, ‘a brother killed in action, and a brother (Lieutenant) returned, one cousin killed.’

The brother killed was 4100 Pte. Allan Curtin 27th Battalion AIF, who was killed in action 9 August 1918, aged 24.

The brother who was an officer was Lieutenant Edgar Catley Curtin 59th Battalion AIF who returned to Australia in 1919.