curtis, arthur prior

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Curtis, Arthur Prior Service Number 1326

Died of Wounds 22nd October 1917 Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium

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NAME Curtis, Arthur Prior

SERVICE NO 1326

UNIT 13th Battalion /transf 45

th Battalion

RANK Sergeant Cook

AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Warfield, Reading, Berkshire, England

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 18 Nov 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool Camp

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Mrs Louisa Gould, “Hound Green”, Heckfield, Winchfield, Hampshire, England.

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8½”. Weight-13st.. Chest-38½-41”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Dark Brown. Hair-Dark Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney 11 Feb 1915 per A48 “Seang Bee”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 13 Aug 1916- wounded Alexandria. Bomb Wound Jaw. 27 Aug 1917 to Hosp- Trench Fever- returned unit 10 Sept 1917

20 Oct 1917 wounded- France. SW Back & Legs, Heel & Abdomen

DIED 22 Oct 1917- 17th Casualty Clearing Stn. Belgium

BURIED Lyssenthock Cem.

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-14606, British War Medal-8614, Victory Medal-8571. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-335978.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL Yes

CORRESPONDENCE H Barnes Esq. Crown St. Wynnum Nth. Qld.

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT

NEWSPAPER RE-PORTS

Aunt Mrs A White, Narara.

GOSFORD TIMES 8.11.1917.

… This week Mrs A. White, of Narara, received word that her nephew, Sergeant Arthur Curtis, had been killed at the Front. De-ceased enlisted from Narara. His mother resides in England.

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GOSFORD TIMES 24.9.1915

Private A Curtis, nephew of Mrs A. White, of Narara, has been wounded. He took part in the landing charges of Gallipoli.

ROLL OF HONOR

CURTIS – Killed in France on October 22nd

, 1917, Arthur Pryor Curtis, dearly loved nephew of Mr & Mrs A. White, of Narara, and eldest son of Mrs Gould, Hampshire, England. Aged 29 years. Deeply regretted.

Mr C. Hills, manager of the Commercial Bank, has just completed two memorial tablets to be presented by the Narara Soldiers’ Recognition Association to relatives of two Narara soldiers killed in action, viz, Sergeant A. P. Curtis, killed in action in France on October 22, 1917, and Private Harry A. Campbell, killed in action in France 9

th November, 1917. The tablets bear

excellent likenesses of the deceased soldiers. The designs, which are executed in water color, represent the typical Anzac in ….?, bear-ing the Australian ensign, with a trumpeter is seen outlined against the dawn sounding are the “Last Post”. The tablets are works of art, and we congratulate Mr Hills upon the dexterity and originality displayed.