Michael CURRAN

Michael Curran Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Ireland
Resided
Kingsthorpe
Occupation
Miner
Enlisted
18-October-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
39
Status
Married
Service No
59
Rank
Private
Unit
42nd Battalion, A Company
Embarked
05-June-2016
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
1 June 1918
Place
France
Cemetery or Memorial
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

 

Michael Curran arrived in France in November 1916. He was wounded in action in a mustard gas attack on 26 May 1918. He died five days later and was buried at Riviere British Cemetery. After the war his remains were exhumed and re-interred at Crouy British Cemetery.