Killed in action, received in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 1st SAI lost 2 officers and 203 men
Son of John and Elizabeth Curtis, of 6, York St., Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Grahamstown Old Catholic Cemetery.