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Military service
Service number:
90857
Age:
24
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde.
Birth:
December 9, 1891
Enlistment:
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
June 10, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 18.
Additional information
Son of Alex. and Christina Smith Currie, of Balderran House, Auchterderran, Cardenden, Scotland.
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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 643 of 890. -
Medal
Memorial Cross and Victory Medal To Gunner Currie
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Gunner John Smith Currie
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Gunner John Smith Currie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 74 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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