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Frederick James CURTIS

Regimental number3781
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolYarra Park State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address285 Highett Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Curtis, 285 Highett Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row D, Grave No. 17), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Catherine CURTIS, 28 Highett Street, Richmond, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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