Son of Henry Frederick and Nellie Johanna Currie, of Albany, Cape Province; husband of Charlotte M. Currie, of East Leigh, Nairobi, Kenya. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Served in the Gcaleka War; in the Boer war as a Lieutenant in Nesbitt's Horse, he distinguished himself in the fighting in the Colesberg district in 1901 and was Mentioned in Despatches; was farming in British East Africa when WW1 broke out served in the Veterinary Corps near Nairobi (another source says he was an Intelligence officer)
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "East African Veterinary Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
LG 16 April 1901 pg. 2611
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