Lawrence
Watson
"Poll"
Currie
Born in Ormond Rd, Mangapapa, Gisborne, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Currie
and Mary Elizabeth (Pratt) Currie
Brother of
Helen Isabella (Currie) Thomas, Vivian Edgar Currie, Herbert Garfield Currie, Philippa Jane (Currie) Hedley, Arthur Henry Currie, Vera Elizabeth (Currie) Pierce, William Decimus Currie, Mary Magdeline (Currie) Fleming, George Arnold Currie, Edward Currie, James Currie and William Currie
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 17
in Ongarue, Ruapehu, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2018
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Biography
Poll was born in 1905. He is the son of Edward Currie and Mary Pratt. [1]
A victim of the 1923 Ongarue Railway Accident. He died after the accident of shock due to a fractured skull. Poll was employed as a brass finisher and his mother relied on he and his brother George to provide financial support.[2] Poll was a well known boxer and he and Tommy Collins (who was injured) were on their way to take part in a boxing bout at Taumarunui. [3]
Polls body was identified by his brother Herbert Garfield Currie, and was interred at Waikumete cemetery 10th July 1923 His mother was interred with him in 1937. [4]
Sources
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Birth Registration of Lawrence Watson Currie, child of Edward and Mary Elizabeth ; citing Birth Certificate 1905/16780 .
- ↑ Coroners inquests - Case files - Auckland - Currie, Lawrence Watson 1923 - 1923 Archives NZ Ref R23838247 ACGS 16231 J46 708 / COR1923/855
- ↑ WELL-KNOWN BOXER KILLED. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19230707.2.12.18 Auckland Star, Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 160, 7 July 1923
- ↑ Auckland Council Burials and Cremations https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/find-burial-cremation.aspx
Death Death Registration / 1923/8152 / Name: Currie, Lawrence Watson / Aged: 17Y (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
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