Stanley Victor CRADDOCK

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CRADDOCK, Stanley Victor

Service Number:	4998
Enlisted:	29 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Crosby, Queensland, 25 November 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Mount Crosby State School
Occupation:	Moulder
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 14 November 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

29 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4998, Brisbane, Queensland
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4998, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4998, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4998, 25th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography

"ROLL OF HONOR.

CRADDOCK.— In sad and loving memory of our dear brother and uncle, Private Stanley Victor Craddock who was killed in action at Fleurs, France, on November 14 or 16, 1916, aged 21 years.

"Greater love hath no man than this." (Inserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Rosie; also niece and nephew, Edna and Colin)." - from the Brisbane Daily Standard 17 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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