Captain Herbert Franklin Curnow

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Photograph DA09042
Ranks Held Captain, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 09/01/1893
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Kangaroo Flat
Death Date 05/08/1916
Death Place France: Picardie, Somme, Pozieres
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Event Battle of Romani
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Herbert Franklin Curnow was born at Kangaroo Flat Victoria on 9 January 1893 to parents Herbert and Janet. A clerk by trade, he enlisted in Melbourne on 30 April 1915 at the age of 22. Curnow departed Melbourne as a second lieutenant with the 22nd Infantry Battalion on 10 May 1915.

Curnow served at Gallipoli with the 22nd Infantry Battalion and during the course of 1915 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and then captain. He was evacuated in early December 1915 due to a septic hand injury. Curnow later re-joined his unit and was sent to the Western Front during March 1916. Herbert Curnow was 23 years old when he was killed in action at Pozieres on 5 August 1916 and he is buried at Courcelette British Cemetery, France.

Collection items

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    Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

    Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

    Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives

    Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Captain H.F. Curnow of the 22nd Battalion, AIF, sighting a rifle through ...

    Document


    Letters from Herbert Franklin Curnow to Frank Cummings, 1915-1916

    Letters from Herbert Franklin Curnow to Frank Cummings, 1915-1916

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Timeline

Date of birth 09/01/1893
Date of embarkation 10/05/1915
Date of enlistment 25/04/1915
Date of death 05/08/1916

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