John James CURTIS

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Service Number:	527
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, Surrey, England, 8 August 1884
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of illness - Pneumonia, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 16 October 1915, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row XV, Grave 2 Rev. H.P. Dodd officiated, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
26 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 527, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 527, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
8 May 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli
11 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 527, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the left side
11 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion, In the field
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion, In the field
16 Oct 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 527, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 527 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-10-16

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Son of J.J. Curtis of 2 Wrights Row, Wallington, Surrey, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for about 12 years