CRADDOCK, Cecil William
| Service Number: | 526 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hinton, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Raymond Terrace Road, Millers Forest, New South Wales, 1 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-95. 60. |
| Memorials: | Glen Oak Memorial Gates, Hinton Public School Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 526, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 526, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 526, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Reverted to ranks 20/4/1917 | |
| 1 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 17 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 526, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in the Great War, now resting in Sandgate Cemetery.
Driver Cecil William Craddock, also known as Pony, 17th Battalion & 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion (Reg No-526), labourer from Raymond Terrace Road, Millers Forest, New South Wales, returned home August 1919.
Resting at the cemetery since the 3rd September 1970, age 78. CATHOLIC 3-95. 60.
Mr. Craddock’s name has also been inscribed on the Dungog Citizen's Memorial, Hinton Public School Memorial Gates, Hinton School of Arts Roll of Honour, Glen Oak Memorial Gates and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Many thanks to Mr Craddock's Grandson Denis Shanahan for the portrait photo of Cecil in uniform.
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