James CURRIE

CURRIE, James

Service Number: 8813
Enlisted: 6 February 1940
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 13 May 1918
Home Town: East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 15 August 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 8813
6 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
6 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 8813

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of David and Ethel Currie of Carbarn, East Perth, WA

 

RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-8 of Number 13 Squadron struck the ground during an air to ground gunnery exercise and crashed into the sea at Darwin, NT - all on board were killed.  Flying Officer Murray Charles Davies 637 is commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial

 

The other three crewmen are buried in Adelaide River Cemetery -

Sergeant Maxwell Alexander Hipkins 400176

Flying Officer Paul Wallace Keely 669

Leading Aircraftman James Currie 8813

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