Arthur Herbert CURWEN-WALKER

CURWEN-WALKER, Arthur Herbert

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 3 November 1914, Broadmeadows, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 12 November 1894
    Home Town: Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    Schooling: Ballarat High School, Victoria, Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    Occupation: Staff Cadet at Royal Military College, Duntroon
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea (HMHS Devanha), 3 May 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 39), Gallipoli, Turkey
    Memorials: Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    2 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to abdomen sustained in the line at Courtney's Post. Evacuated to Egypt via HMHS Devanha however died of his wounds the next day 3 May 1915 and was buried at sea.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Over 6 feet - chest 42 inches - a powerful swimmer.

    At age 19 dived into 13 feet water in Murrumbidgee N.S.W. and brought up two unconscious fellow cadets (both big men) from bottom of river and to the bank one in each hand and saved their lives.

    He took an active interest in Students Christian Union and in the establishing a branch at Duntroon.

    Source: AWM Circular

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