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Joseph James McCURDY

Regimental number11972
Place of birthLake Charm, Victoria
SchoolLake Charm State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressKoondrook, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, J McCurdy, 47 Winchester Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/89/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of disease 3 April 1919
Place of death or woundingSutton Veney, England
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 79, Row K, Grave No. 8), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Kerang Cemetery, Victoria. Photo: Kent Fedorowich. Parents: James and Alicia MCCURDY, 377 Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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