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Military service
Service number:
46131
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
October 18, 1896
Death:
April 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of John D. Currie, the High Sheriff of Hants Co., and Bessie A. Currie, of Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private John Mclain Currie
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Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch
1ST Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge of the 17th Bn, which he originally joined before being sent to the15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (Ret`d) S. W. Gilbert, 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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 641 of 890. No record of burial. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Private John McLean Currie (left) and Private Osborne Tweedie (right) were both members of No. 4 Company, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). This photograph was taken in France between January and April 1915 before the battalion moved to the Ypres salient in Belgium and took part in the 2nd battle of Ypres. McLean was killed in action on 23 April and Tweedie was killed in action on 24 April. The remains of both men were never recovered or if recovered, never identified and they are commemorated on The Menin Gate. Photograph courtesy of Barbara Bickle, the granddaughter of Pte (later Lt) W. Bickle who was also in No 4 Company. Submitted by BGen G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
Digital gallery of
Private John Mclain Currie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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