John Curtin

John Curtin
Date of birth	8 July 1885
Date of death	5 July 1945
Wife	Elsie Curtin
Party	Australian Labor Party
As Prime Minister
From	7 October 1941
To	5 July 1945
Succeeded	Arthur Fadden
Preceded	Francis Forde

John Curtin was the Prime Minister of Australia during the second World War. He became Prime Minister just before the war started, and died in office a month before the war ended. He is often regarded as the Greatest Australian Prime Minister by numerous polls, such as the one conducted by The Age in 2004. Other polls include Newspoll and reputable news program Today Tonight.

Source

• National Museum of Australia, John Curtin

Australian Prime Ministers
Edmund Barton (1901) Alfred Deakin (1903, 1905, and 1909) John Watson (1904) George Reid (1904) Andrew Fisher (1908, 1910, and 1914) Joseph Cook (1913) William Hughes (1915)	Stanley Bruce (1923) James Scullin (1929) Joseph Lyons (1932) Earle Page (1939) Robert Menzies (1939 and 1949) Arthur Fadden (1941) John Curtin (1941)	Francis Forde (1945) Joseph Chifley (1945) Harold Holt (1966) John McEwen (1967) John Gorton (1968) William McMahon (1971) Gough Whitlam (1972)	Malcolm Fraser (1975) Robert Hawke (1983) Paul Keating (1991) John Howard (1996) Kevin Rudd (2007)