Andrew Brand CURD

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CURD, Andrew Brand

Service Number:	1851
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Chiswick, London, England, 1897
Home Town:	Wokurna, Barunga West, South Australia
Schooling:	Chiswick Urban District Council School, London, England
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 September 1916
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Grave III. A. 4., Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Broughton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1851, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1851, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1897 Curd Andrew Brand Brentford 3a 125

[The Brentford registration district covers Chiswick]

Place of birth-13 Hearne Road, Chiswick, London, England.

Age at embarkation-19
Next of kin-Cousin, Miss Curd, Redcar, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment date-28 February 1916
Rank on enlistment-Private

5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number-14/17/3

Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll-Sapper

Age at death-19.6

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