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Military service
Service number:
895509
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
April 23, 1892
Enlistment:
Cochrane, Alberta
Death:
August 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Samuel and Christina Curren.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Curren
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 571 of 890. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Alexander Curren
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Curren
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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