* In July 1945, John Curtin died suddenly.

Curtin died in office in 1945 and was succeeded by Ben Chifley.

On 5 July 1945, at the age of 60, Curtin died, the only Prime Minister to die at The Lodge.

On 5 July 1945 Curtin died ; as Deputy Leader, Forde was sworn in as Prime Minister on 6 July by the Governor-General, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

When Curtin died in 1945, the Duke appointed Frank Forde as prime minister.

Of the three Australian Prime Ministers who have died in office, the only one to die at The Lodge was John Curtin in 1945.

Prime Minister John Curtin, who died in office, and Ben Chifley, a former Prime Minister, both lay in state in King's Hall after their deaths in 1945 and 1951 respectively.

When Curtin died in 1945 Holloway again opposed Forde's leadership bid, helping to ensure that Ben Chifley, like himself an ex-trade unionist, was elected leader.

* 1885 – John Curtin, Australian politician ( d. 1945 )

* 1945 – Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer

Four Prime Ministers in 1945: Labor Prime Minister John Curtin ( left ) shares a joke with the Governor General Prince Henry ( in uniform ) with former Country Party Prime Minister Arthur Fadden, Nationalist Prime Minister Billy Hughes and UAP Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

* January 8 – John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1945 )

On May 30, 1945, The Australian Labor Party Prime Minister John Curtin and his Employment Minister John Dedman proposed a white paper in the Australian House of Representatives titled Full Employment In Australia, the first time any government apart from totalitarian regimes had unequivocally committed itself to providing work for any person who was willing and able to work.

Billy Hughes, John Curtin, and the Governor-General of Australia Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in Canberra, 1945 Billy Hughes in 1945 aged 83, seven years before his deathBust of Billy Hughes by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens

John Joseph Curtin ( 8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945 ), Australian politician, served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia.

Billy Hughes, John Curtin, and Governor-General of Australia | Governor-General Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in Canberra, 1945

* John Curtin ( 1885 – 1945 ) – Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition

John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia for much of World War II, was local federal member of parliament from 1928 to 1931 and 1934 to 1945.

The coffin of John Curtin, the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, lying in state inside King's Hall, Old Parliament House, Canberra on July 6, 1945.

The Second Curtin Ministry was the thirty-first Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 21 September 1943 to 6 July 1945.

Following the death of Curtin in 1945, Ward nominated for leadership of the Labor Party, which would have resulted in him becoming Prime Minister, but lost to Ben Chifley.

Before 1949, much of this area was part of the Division of Fremantle, which Curtin represented for most of the time from 1928 to 1945.

The seat's best-known member was John Curtin, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945.

In October 1941, the UAP was ousted by a no-confidence vote, the ALP leader John Curtin was invited to form a new government, and Menzies resigned as UAP leader.

The Fadden-led Coalition made almost no headway against Curtin, and was severely defeated in the 1943 election.

Fadden's government was defeated in Parliament later in 1941 after the two independent MPs crossed the floor, allowing Curtin to form a Labor minority government.

* In the 2007 film Curtin, he was portrayed by Bille Brown.

The lecture theater at the John Curtin School of Medical Research was named for him during his tenure at the Australian National University.

Passing 113 Acts, the 1910-13 government was a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s under John Curtin and Ben Chifley.

The North American premiere was at Tanglewood, with Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra with soloists Phyllis Curtin, Nicholas Di Virgilio, Tom Krause and choruses from Chorus Pro Musica and the Columbus Boychoir, featuring boy soprano Thomas Friedman ..

Curtin was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mary Constance ( née Farrell ) and John Joseph Curtin, who owned an insurance agency .< ref >

From the PRR station during the Gettysburg Campaign of the Civil War, Union scout Stephen W. Pomeroy telegraphed the vital news to Governor Andrew Curtin that Robert E. Lee was concentrating the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.

* Noted nineteenth-century folklorist and linguist Jeremiah Curtin lived in what is now Greendale, but at the time was part of the rural Town of Greenfield.

Meade was promoted from captain to brigadier general of volunteers on August 31, 1861, a few months after the start of the Civil War, based on the strong recommendation of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin.

The independents, under prodding from Governor-General Lord Gowrie, then threw their support to Opposition Leader John Curtin, who was sworn in as Prime Minister on 7 October 1941.

General Douglas MacArthur said that Curtin was " one of the greatest of the wartime statesmen ".

His Prime Ministerial predecessor and 1943 election Coalition leader, Arthur Fadden of the Country Party wrote: " I do not care who knows it but in my opinion there was no greater figure in Australian public life in my lifetime than Curtin.

Curtin was born in Creswick in central Victoria.

His father was a police officer of Irish descent ; Curtin attended school until the age of 14 when he started working for a newspaper in Creswick.

From 1911 until 1915 Curtin was employed as secretary of the Timberworkers ' Union, and during World War I he was a militant anti-conscriptionist.

In addition to his stance on labour rights, Curtin was also a strong advocate for the rights of women and children.

In 1927, the Federal Government convened a Royal Commission on Child Endowment Curtin was appointed as member of that commission.