Curtis, Arthur Prior

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Curtis, Arthur Allen Prior

Service Service Number Number 1494 1326 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 22nd October 1917 Gallipoli Casualty Clearing Station,Peninsula Belgium

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NAME

Curtis, Arthur Prior

SERVICE NO

1326

UNIT

13th Battalion /transf 45th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool Camp

NEXT OF KIN

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

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 DIED

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 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 REPORTS

Aunt Mrs A White, Narara.

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.

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. Deceased enlisted from Narara. His mother resides in England. ...

GOSFORD TIMES 15.11.1917.

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.

GOSFORD TIMES 14.2.1918.

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 9th November, 1917. The tablets bear excellent likenesses of the deceased soldiers.

The designs, which are executed in water color, represent the typical Anzac in ….?, bearing 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.

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