VALE “JACK” CURRIE, MBE
None, nor time, can remove the deep etched memory of those Champions of our breed whose character, form, style and face, now established in our own nurtures, that makes us better men. Such an inspiring Champion was our Jack Currie, who has now left us all to travel alone with the best bits of his grand character as our often instinctive and subliminal character guide. He was my extraordinary, indomitable and magnificent CSM in Australia and Vietnam who helped so many of our young diggers through their first trials of combat and helped meld the four different tasked platoons of our Company into a single team. He was the jewel in our crown and the heart of our company. Being relatively new to the Australian Army, he helped me immeasurably to do my twin jobs of Operations Officer, and OC Support Company of 1RAR. Without him, I would have been more lost than I ever was! Vale, our superb, brave, and inspiring role model. Vale! John Essex-Clark, DSM."