Michael Eric CURTIS

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Service Number:	7717
Enlisted:	9 July 1917, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, 41st CCS, Vecquemont, France, 24 August 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France VI B 25,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

9 Jul 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7717, 12th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tas.
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 7717, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 7717, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
19 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, France
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7717, 40th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Morlancourt
24 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 7717, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7717 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-24
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7717, 40th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW to back sustained near Bray. Evacuated to 41st CCS situated at Vecquemont, where he died of his wounds later the same day.

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