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Eric Charles Currie

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Headstone of WAL Mona CURRIE W4479. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A64. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of WAL Mona CURRIE W4479. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A64. Image …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Currie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    27530 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Burness Street, Palmerston, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. Currie (father), Burness Street, Palmerston, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    27530 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Railway porter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mona AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 15 February 1993 AWMM
      Age 75 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 15 February 1993 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 75 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 1A, Plot 64 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 110 AWMM
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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