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Joseph Leslie CURLEY

Regimental number7720
Place of birthCundle Plains New South Wales
SchoolBig Swamp, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBig Swamp via Moreland, Taree, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, P Curley, Post Office Big Swamp via Moreland, Taree, New South Wales
Previous military serviceEnlisted 20 November 1917 and posted to 4 Battalion 26th Reinforcement; taken on strength 34 Battalion 21 July 1918.
Enlistment date10 December 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 November 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 23), Hem-Monacu, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
123
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Sarah CURLEY, Big Swamp, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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