Popular Culture
- In the 1984 mini series The Last Bastion, Curtin was portrayed by Michael Blakemore.
- In the 1986 film Death of a Soldier, he was portrayed by Terence Donovan.
- In the 2000 film Pozieres, he was portrayed by David Ross Paterson.
- In the 2007 Telemovie Curtin, he was portrayed by William McInnes.
- In the 2012 theatre production The Fremantle Candidate premiered at the Victoria Hall, Deckchair Theatre.
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