Last known RHLI Dieppe veteran dies at age 97

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Last known RHLI Dieppe veteran dies at age 97

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Post by Ken S. » 20 Apr 2020, 19:55

The last surviving Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) Veteran to have fought at Dieppe has passed away.

Ken Curry’s daughter, Lillian, says he has died of natural causes at a Victoria, B.C., hospital at the age of 97.

Curry grew up in Stoney Creek and was 17 years old when the Second World War broke out in 1939. He was held as a prisoner of war for almost three years after the failed raid on the beach in France on Aug. 19, 1942.

He became an electrician after the war and retired from Stelco at age 60. He eventually moved to British Columbia for family reasons.

Curry was last in Hamilton in 2019 for a service at the Dieppe Memorial.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6833576/cana ... -hamilton/


The Memory Project:
http://www.thememoryproject.com/stories ... vey-curry/


Dieppe Veteran: Ken Curry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqUBcxpHIk


Honouring Dieppe veteran Ken Curry (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxUg2_EyRFk


Ken Curry Speaks at Dieppe Memorial (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZx08DEpKGA


RHLI and Dieppe veteran Ken Curry (14:36 minute video)
https://www.therecord.com/video/7498727/

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