CURLEWIS, Selwyn Lord
| Service Number: | 6 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 28 February 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brookton, Brookton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton District War Memorial, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll, Fremantle Scots Church Memorial To The Fallen, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 6, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 6, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
"Three of four brothers born in Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula were killed during the Gallipoli campaign.
Selwyn Lord Curlewis and Gordon Levason Curlewis were killed at Gallipoli, and Arthur Grenville Curlewis died at Alexandria in Egypt from wounds received at Lone Pine.
The fourth brother, George Campbell Curlewis, survived the conflict. He was wounded and returned to Australia in November, 1915.
All four brothers took part in the Gallipoli landings on April 25, 1915.
Gordon Curlewis enlisted on October 1, 1914, as a lieutenant in the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. He was promoted to captain on the day after the Gallipoli landings on April 26, 1915, and was killed in action two weeks later on May 9.
He was buried in the field by the Reverend CWG Moore. His grave is now in the Beach Cemetery at Gallipoli.
Selwyn Curlewis enlisted on September 9, 1914, was a Corporal in the 16th Battalion, AIF, and was killed in action at Bloody Angle (near Quinn’s Post) on May 2, 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial.
Arthur Curlewis had enlisted in the 12th Battalion AIF and was severely wounded at Gallipoli. He was sent to hospital in Alexandria in Egypt but died of his wounds on August 15, 1915, at age 23 year. He was buried at Chatby Cemetery in Egypt.
The surviving brother, George Curlewis, enlisted on September 8, 1914, in the 16th Battalion, AIF, and was promoted to 2nd lieutenant. He served in Gallipoli but he was wounded and returned to Australia on November 7, 1915."
Source: Geelong Advertiser 24 April, 2015 & Robert Wight
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