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Arnold Curran

In memory of:

Private Arnold Curran

August 11, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

853378

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 26, 1893

Son of Mary Curran, of Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VIA. B. 14.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Cenotaph– Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cenotaph– Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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  • Newspaper clipping– newspaper article from the Orillia Times, 31 Oct. 1918

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    Newspaper clipping – newspaper article from the Orillia Times, 31 Oct. 1918
  • 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 551 of 890.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 551 of 890.

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