CRAIG, John
| Service Number: | 1929 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland., 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1929, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1929, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1929, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
Help us honour John Craig's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 18 and the son of the late William and Margaret Hendry Craig.
He is remembered on the East Kilbride, War Memorial.
Also remembered on this memorial is Private Andrew McKenzie Rose Service Number 310-Died 25/04/1918, Aged 28-18th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.Son of Alexander Rose. Interred-VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY-Grave V. B. 13.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
When enlisting he gave his age as 21 years which was incorrect according to his older brother H.M. Craig
Medals: 1914-15 Star sent to a brother in London, England, British War Medal, Victory Medal the latter two medals were issued to his brother H.M. Craig of Bankstown, NSW under bond
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is also remembered on the West Kilbride, War Memorial.
His mother, Mrs Margaret Craig, lived at Rosevale, West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Enlistment date 22 January 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/20/2
Age at embarkation 21
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 13 April 1915.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
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