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CURRIE, Hugh Roy
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2662, 2662A |
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Enlisted: | 20 June 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Macedon, Vic., 1890 |
Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Marist Brothers College Bendigo |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, West of Hamel, near Corbie, France, 5 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery V E 19 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2662, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2662, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2662, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 2662A, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2662A awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Ewing and Maude CURRIE, Bendigo, Vic.
Pte. HUGH ROY CURRIE, of the 60th Battalion, killed in action; son of Mr. T. E. Currie, formerly of the Lands department, and only brother of Lieut. F. T. Currie, of the Australian Flying Corps.