Education
Born in Sutherland, Saskatchewan, Currie was educated at King George Public School, the Central Collegiate and Moose Jaw Technical School.
Born in Sutherland, Saskatchewan, Currie was educated at King George Public School, the Central Collegiate and Moose Jaw Technical School.
He was trained as an automobile mechanic and welder. In 1939 he joined the militia, before joining the Regular Army the following year. He was commissioned as a lieutenant shortly afterwards, before being promoted to captain in 1941.
By 1944 he had reached the rank of major.
The then 32 year-old Currie was a Major in The South Alberta Regiment, Canadian Army during the Second World War. During the Battle of Falaise, Normandy, between 18–20 August 1944, Currie was in command of a small mixed force of tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry which had been ordered to cut off one of the Germans" main escape routes.
After Currie led the attack on the village of Saint Lambert-sur-Dives and consolidated a position halfway inside it, he repulsed repeated enemy attacks over the next day and a half. The remnants of two German armies were denied an escape route.
After his military career, he served as Sergeant at Arms in the Canadian House of Commons from 1960 to 1978.
In this role, he also served as a production consultant on the politically-themed Canadian Broadcasting Company Television drama series Quentin Durgens, Member of Parliament He died in 1986 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario. The armoury in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan has since been named the "Lieutenant
Colonel Doctorate.V. Currie Armoury" in his honour. Currie Avenue in the Montgomery Place neighborhood of Saskatoon was named in his honor.