Alexander Clelland CRAIG

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CRAIG, Alexander Clelland

Service Number:	1398
Enlisted:	6 September 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Glasgow Scotland, February 1887
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor driver
Died:	Blacksmiths, New South Wales, Australia, 5 January 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-21SW. 67.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1398, 301st Company Mechancial Transport
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Driver, 1398, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Driver, 1398, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
14 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
19 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1398, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

An Original Anzac now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

56 years ago today, on the 8th January 1966, Corporal Alexander Clelland Craig, Australian Flying Corps (8th Training Squadron-1st Air Mechanic, Reg No-1398), motor driver from The Broadway, Killingworth, New South Wales and 41 Gommera Street, Blacksmiths, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 77. PRESBYTERIAN-21SW. 67.

Born at Glasgow, Scotland about 1888 to Andrew and Margaret Craig; husband of Margaret Finegan Craig nee O'Hara (married 3.7.1917 at Gorbals, United Kingdom, died 1957, sleeping here) of 73 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Alexander enlisted September 1914 with the 301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps-17th Divisional Ammunition Park) at Sydney, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 6.10.1915 (dental), 19.11.1915 (thrombosis), 1.3.1918 (not stated).

Alexander returned home February 1920 with wife Margaret and 3 children, being discharged on the 19th April 1920.

Mr. Craig’s name has been inscribed on the Killingworth Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 1st July 1922, 88 names inscribed, 20 Fallen).

I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Alexander’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Younger brother John Henry Dickie (17th Battalion, Reg No-1912, born 1896? DOW 17.11.1918) also served 1st A.I.F.

Memorial Service for John at the Killingworth Presbyterian Church.

Younger brother Samuel Tarnish (1st Battalion, Reg No-3280, born 1892? died 1970, Newcastle, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.

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