CURRIE , Frederick Barr
| Service Numbers: | 5161, 6803 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Somme, France, 17 July 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot I; Row C; Grave No. 17, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Plympton North Richmond Baptist Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5161, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5161, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5161, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6803, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6803, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6803, 27th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
1st enlisted as 5161 Private F B NEATE
BORN: Frederick CONNOR CURRIE
Rootsweb ID: I250432 Birth Record: 1 July 1898 in Adelaide, South Australia
Father, Jack Currie, Albert Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Guardian Mrs Janet Michelle Hamer NEATE & Mr William J Neate, living at Richmond Road, Keswick, SA
Described on enlisting as 18yrs 1mth old; single; 5' 4.5" tall; 117 lbs;
medium complexion; light blue eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England
8/12/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
20/12/1915 appointed to A Company, 2nd Depot Battalion, Adelaide
25/3/1916 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A9 Shropshire
as a Private in 10th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
14/9/1916 joined 10th Battalion, in the field, France
15/2/1916 sick with mumps, admitted to 25th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France
3/1/1917 transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot
6/1/1917 transferred to England, (epilepsy)
7/1/1917 admitted to 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, England
21/1/1917 discharged on furlough
16/2/1917 report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs
2/5/1917 marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth
23/5/1917 return to Australia, ex Plymouth, onboard A33 HT Ayrshire
17/7/1917 disembarked Melbourne, VIC, for onward travel to Adelaide
as Private in 10th Battalion
27/8/1917 discharged from service (medically unfit due to epilepsy)
Total service: 1 year 263 days (1 year 115 days overseas)
Medals: British War Medal (11316) and Victory Medal (11221)
Commemorated in St George the Martyr's Anglican Church, Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia.
Inscription reads:
'To the Glory of God. In Honour of Our Lady, Blessed Michael the Archangel, Blessed George the Martyr & of all the Blessed Saints. To the dear Memory of all those who went forth from this Altar, where they offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, to give their lives in the Great War. This Screen is Blessed on Anzac Day 25 April 1922 being the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist.'
RE-ENLISTED as 6803 Private F B CURRIE
Described on enlisting as 21yrs 1 mth old; single; 5' 5" tall; 122 lbs;
fresh complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Church of England
20/8/1917 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
12/9/1917 appointed to 27th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement, Mitcham Camp
30/10/1917 embarked from Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
as a Private in 27th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
27/12/1917 disembarked into Devonport, England
6/5/1918 proceeded overseas to France, ex5th Training Battalion Fovant, via Folkestone
7/5/1918 marched in to AFBD, France
15/5/1918 taken on strength 27 Battalion, Etaples, France
17/7/1918 killed in action Somme, France
buried in: Adelaide Cemetery, Villers, Bretonneux, France
Plot 1; Row C; Grave No. 17
His name is commemorated on Panel 110 of the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
Medals: British War medal (58572), Victory medal (57531), Memorial Plaque
and Scroll (347935)
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 8/5/2016. Lest we forget.
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