Reginald Johnston Curtis

First Name: 
Reginald
Middle Name: 
Johnston
Last Name: 
Curtis
Mother's Name: 
Susannah (nee Johnston)
Father's Name: 
Ambrose Curtis
Date Enlisted: 
Sunday, January 31, 1915
Rank at Enlistment: 
Private
Rank at Discharge: 
Private
Unit: 
4th Battalion
Service: 
Infantry
Awards: 
1914/1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Date of Death: 
Friday, August 6, 1915
Place of Death: 
Lone Pine Gallipoli
Cause of Death: 
Killed in action
Details: 

Reginald Curtis (Service No 1929) was born in Kiama, NSW in July 1886. In 1910 he married Louisa Wiley at Nowra and they had two children. At the time of enlistment he was a 28 year old store keeper.

He embarked on HMAT A55 Kyarra with 5th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion on13th April 1915. Reginald arrived on Gallipoli on 14th June 1915 and was killed at Lone Pine on 6th August 1915. There is no known grave.

Sources: 
NAA: B2455, CURTIS R J