David Currie died in a nursing home on August 11th, 1933, at the age of 62.
He was educated at George Watson’s College and Edinburgh University. From 1887 to 1891 he served his apprenticeship with Messrs. J. & G.H. Geddes, mining engineers, of Edinburgh, and on completion of his indentures was for 18 months assistant engineer to the firm. For the next four years he was employed, first at a colliery in Monmouthshire, and then with Young’s Oil Co., Addiewell, Scotland.
In 1895 he went on an exploring and prospecting expedition to Senegambia, West Africa, and in the following year he became a partner with H.W. Lake, M. Inst. M.M., under the style of Lake & Currie. In the course of the following years he visited mining fields in Canada, the United States, Japan, the Straits Settlements, Australia, Tasmania, Egypt, etc.
In 1915 he left the firm and started in practice as a consultant on his own account. Latterly, he was associated with Messrs. G. D. Peters & Co., of Slough, of which company he was Chairman.
During the war he was Director-general of National Salvage, Ministry of Munitions, and was awarded the O.B. in 1919 for his services.
Mr. Currie was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1898 and was transferred to Membership in 1901.
Vol. 43, Trans I.M.M. 1933-34, p. 761
