James CURNICK

Regimental number6/3292
Date of birth7 July 1888
Place of birthTapanui, Christchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFlax miller
AddressWaikuku, North Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 5.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs A King, Waikuku, North Canterbury
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Sister: Mrs Ada King, Waikuku, North Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Emnarked Wellington, 20 December 1915; joined Bn, Ismailia, 9 January 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Slightly wounded, remaining at duty, 7 July 1916.

Attached to No 1 Company, NZ Army Service Corps, 5 July 1916; rejoined Bn, 20 December 1916.

Attached to No 2 Machine Gun Company, 11 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 19 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 19 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 31 July 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Note on file: 'Buried Passchendaele D.4.d.20.20.8.D.G Central & all about this region & Bellevue. Reptd. by B[urial] O[fficer] 2nd Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917'; grave subsequently lost.

War service: 2 years 49 days (of which 700 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 20994547