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CURRIE, Walter John
(Service number 6/4018)

Aliases Enlisted as John CURRIE
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 16/08/1880 Place of Birth New zealand

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Morven Post Office
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Thomas CURRIE (father), Morven, Canterbury
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date 4 March 1916
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date 7 May 1953 Age 73 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 45, Plot 666
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter John Currie, known as John, was the oldest son of Thomas and Matilda (née McClintock) Currie. His brother Thomas Currie also served in World War I. Private J. Currie, Morven, was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 August 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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