CRAVEN, George Edward
| Service Number: | 12268 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1915, Ballarat |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Humffray street school, Ballarat |
| Occupation: | Book Keeper |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Place of burial Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row N, Grave No. 9), Steenwerck, France , Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1915: | Enlisted Ballarat | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 12268, 10th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 12268, 10th Field Ambulance, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
George Edward Craven
George Edward Craven
12 June 1917
BALLARAT AND DISTRICT MEN PRIVATE GEORGE E. CRAVEN.
It will be learned with deep regret by his many friends that Mr. G. W. Craven of Balaclava street, has suffered the loss of his second and only surviving son, Mr. George Edward Craven, of the 1Oth Field Ambulance, in the war. The deceased soldier, who died on 4th June from gunshot wounds, went up seven times in an endeavor to enlist, and was finally accepted after undergoing an operation to fit him for service. He was educated at the Humffray street school, and then became associated with his father in the Ballarat office of Broadbent Bros. and Co. He was there for six years, and thence went into the service of Nelson and Sons, at Samoa, for three years.
At the time of his enlistment he was with the firm of Permewman, Wright and Co. at Nyngan (N.S.W.) He left Australia in June last, and landed in France in the first week of the current year. Mr Craven's other son Cpl Norman Craven, was killed in the famous Lone Pine charge on 7th August, 1915.
Submitted 13 June 2015 by Val Sparnaay
Biography
12 June 1917
BALLARAT AND DISTRICT MEN PRIVATE GEORGE E. CRAVEN.
It will be learned with deep regret by his many friends that Mr. G. W. Craven of Balaclava street, has suffered the loss of his second and only surviving son, Mr. George Edward Craven, of the 1Oth Field Ambulance, in the war. The deceased soldier, who died on 4th June from gunshot wounds, went up seven times in an endeavor to enlist, and was finally accepted after undergoing an operation to fit him for service. He was educated at the Humffray street school, and then became associated with his father in the Ballarat office of Broadbent Bros. and Co. He was there for six years, and thence went into the service of Nelson and Sons, at Samoa, for three years.
At the time of his enlistment he was with the firm of Permewman, Wright and Co. at Nyngan (N.S.W.) He left Australia in June last, and landed in France in the first week of the current year. Mr Craven's other son Cpl Norman Craven, was killed in the famous Lone Pine charge on 7th August, 1915.