Albert CURRAN

Regimental number160
Place of birthBream Creek Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCopping, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Curran, Copping, Tasmania
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name40th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery 9Plot XXV, Row C, Grave No. 18A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Margaret CURRAN, Coppington, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal