What key details about william currey  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: william matthew currey vc -lrb- 19 september 1895 -- 30 april 1948 -rrb- was an australian recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces . he received the award for his actions during the battle of mont saint-quentin in september 1918 , while serving with australian imperial force on the western front during the first world war . after the war , currey worked as a labourer and railway worker before entering the new south wales legislative assembly as the australian labor party representative for the seat of kogarah , which he held between 1941 and his death in 1948 .
- party is australian labor party- predecessor is james ross- assembly is new south wales legislative- birth date is 19 september 1895- branch is australian army- mawards is victoria cross- caption is currey circa . 1918- constituency am is kogarah- death date is 30 april 1948- term end is 30 april 1948- serviceyears is 1916 -- 1919 1930 -- 1932 1940 -- 1941- unit is 53rd battalion , australian imperial force- name is william matthew currey- death place is bexley , new south wales- birth place is wallsend , new south wales- successor is douglas cross- nationality is australian- battles is first world war second world war- allegiance is australia- term start is 10 may 1941- image is william currey vc awm p02939.045.jpeg- rank is warrant officer