Walter Curry was born on 1st March 1893 in Aughnacloy. He was the son of George and Mary Jane Curry of Carricklongfield, Aughnacloy. George was a farmer. Walter emigrated to Toronto, Canada where he lived at 81 Shelbourne Street and worked as a truck driver He had already spent 2 years with the C.A.M.C. before he re-enlisted on 7th June 1917 at Toronto. 5' 9" tall. He was not married and listed his mother as his next of kin. Private Walter Curry was with the Canadian Infantry when he was killed in action on 10th November 1918.
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Walter Curry was the son of George and Mary Jane Curry. George Curry and Mary Auguish were married on 5th July 1883 in the Dungannon area.
Walter Curry was born on 1st March 1893 in the Aughnacloy area. He was one eight children, all born in the area.
Known family: George Curry, Mary Jane Curry, Annie Curry (born 11th July 1883), James Curry (born about 1885), John Curry (born 15th July 1888, tbc), Eliza Curry (born 5th April 1889), George Curry (born 25th March 1891), Walter Curry (born 1st March 1893), Isabella Curry (born 21st March 1896), Thomas Andrew Curry (born 14th February 1900).
The 1901 census records 7 year old Walter as living with the family at house 2 in Carricklongfield, Ballymagran, County Tyrone. Near Aughnacloy.
The 1911 census records 15 year old Walter as living with the family at house 1 in Carricklongfield, Ballymagran. Walter was still at school.
Walter emigrated to Toronto, Canada where he lived at 81 Shelbourne Street and worked as a truck driver.
He had already spent two years with the C.A.M.C. before he re-enlisted on 7th June 1917 at Toronto. 5' 9" tall. He was not married and listed his mother as his next of kin.
Private Walter Curry was serving with the 19th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry when he was killed on 10th November 1918. About 11am, Private Curry went forward to bandage a wounded man and was killed by machine gun fire.
The Canadian Circumstances of Death Register records that Private Curry was killed in action on 10th November 1918. About 11am on 10th November 1918, Private Curry went forward to bandage a wounded man. He was later found by his company, lying dead with a machine gun bullet in his side.
Private Curry is buried in Frameries Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Walter Curry is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
