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Arthur Medwin McCURRIE

Regimental number1601
Place of birthCondobolin, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGlencoe, Booma Mail, via Condobolin, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 11"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J W McCurrie, Glencoe, Booma Mail, via Condobolin, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 1 year in 42nd Bn, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 December 1914
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 October 1915
Discharge date11 March 1917
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 942 Corporal Victor Medwin McCURRIE, 2nd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919; 26362 Sergeant William Henry McCURRIE, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 2 June 1915.

Wounded in action, Lone Pine, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, right shoulder); transferred to Egypt and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 11 August 1915; to Suez Convalesent Camp, 8 October 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Aeneas', 31 October 1915; disembarked, 26 November 1915.

Returned to duty, Sydney, 28 November 1916.

Discharged (medically unfit), Sydney. 11 March 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death4 September 1923
Age at death29
Place of burialCondobolin Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, McCURRIE Arthur Medwin

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