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Francis Horace McCURRIE

Regimental number2352
Place of birthHeatherton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMechanic
Address133 Edward Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, H McCurrie, Jasper Road, Brighton North, Victoria
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 11), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: Henry and Elizabeth McCURRIE, Jasper Road, Brighton North, Victoria. Native of Heatherton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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