Roy MacKenzie CRAIG

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Service Number:	2266
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 August 1891
Home Town:	Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	West End State School, Brisbane; Technical College, Brisbane
Occupation:	Insurance Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 July 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2266, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Bombardier, 2266, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Bombardier, 2266, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
18 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2266, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot would to the abdomen and died of the wounds on board the hospital ship
21 Jul 1915:	Involvement Driver, 2266, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2266 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-07-21

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Next of kin William Hunter Craig of Markwell Street, Bowen Hills, QLD. Brother of Jean Frances Fitton nee Craig of Cape Town, South Africa

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served as a volunteer with the Brisbane Artillery

At the time of enlistment he was employed with Locester & Co. of Mary Street, Brisbane, QLD

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