James Craig Currie

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

249670

Unit at enlistment:

208th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 30th, 1918

Cemetery:

Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery - Nord, France - A.II.

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Forfarshire

Birth city:

Dundee

Address at enlistment:

40 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

465 Metcalf Street, Montreal, Quebec

Trade or calling:

Teamster

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Advanced with his company from their “jumping off” position, across the Douai-Cambrai Road, and reached forward as far as the railway cutting South East of Sancourt, and consolidated this position. During the afternoon the company was subjected to very heavy enemy shelling, during which time Private Currie was instantly killed.

BX October 28, 1918

James Gillies, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y., has received notification from Ottawa that Machine-Gunner James Craig Currie was killed in action on Sept 30. He is a Brantford boy. His brother, Tom was also killed at Vimy Ridge, 1917.