Regimental number | 1601 |
Place of birth | Condobolin, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Glencoe, Booma Mail, via Condobolin, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 172 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J W McCurrie, Glencoe, Booma Mail, via Condobolin, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in 42nd Bn, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 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 death | |
Age at death | 29 |
Place of burial | Condobolin Cemetery, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McCURRIE Arthur Medwin |