ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

DUCKWORTH, John Curry

DUCKWORTH, John Curry

Full Name: John Curry

DUCKWORTH

Date of Birth: 04

–

1878

Place of birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire

England

Occupation: Labourer

Address: 123 Fitzgerald Street Perth WA

Next of Kin: Wife – Jane Duckworth

Next of Kin Address: 123 Fitzgerald Street Perth WA

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 385

Rank: Pte

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-08-19

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-11-02

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1914-11-26

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed In Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Anzac Cove Gallipoli

Age at Death: 37

Burial Location: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery Anzac, Gallipoli- Plot 3, Row D, Grave 9

Previous Service – Lincolnshire Regiment for over 9 years
18/08/1914- Completed Medical Examination & Joined 11th Battalion 3rd Infantry Brigade Blackboy Hill WA as Private
2/03/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
25/04/1915- KILLED IN ACTION, Gallipoli.

 

SERVICE  MEDALS  AWARDED

1914/1915 Star – No- 4714

British War Medal – No. 4007

Victory Medal – No. 4007

Memorial Plaque & Scroll – No. 306281

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION

Austral;ian War Memorial, Canberra ACT – Panel No. 62