Oliver John CURRY

Regimental number25/744
OccupationLeadlight worker
Next of kinFather, Edwin Curry, Clevedon Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
A Company, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, left Wellington on board three ships (HMNZT 42 'Ulimaroa', HMNZT 43 'Mokoia', and HMNZT 44 'Navua'), It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unitA Company, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 20), Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Ada Curry, of Norwood Road, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 3

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