George CURTIS

Regimental number39183
Date of birth24 April 1884
Place of birthPine Bush
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.11
Height5' 8"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFriend, John Begg, Pukeawa, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 October 1916
Place of enlistmentBalclutha
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr Patrick Curtis (b. Ireland), Melrose, Waiareka Junction, Oamaru
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 15 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, 26 April 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 256 May 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 18 June 1917, and posted to B Company.

Detached to School of Chiropody, 12 September 1917; rejoined unit, 27 September 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 21 November 1917, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Buried Hubner Farm; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 32
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20994716

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