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Military service
Service number:
853378
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
April 26, 1893
Enlistment:
Orillia, Ontario
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIA. B. 14.
Additional information
Son of Mary Curran, of Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Arnold Curran
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Photo of Arnold Curran
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Newspaper clipping
newspaper article from the Orillia Times, 31 Oct. 1918 -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 551 of 890. -
Cenotaph
Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private Arnold Curran is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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