CRAIG, John Henry Dickie
| Service Number: | 1912 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Killingworth, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Lamp Lighter |
| Died: | Died of wounds - SW to thigh, chest, left arm & hand from 3/10/1918, 5th Southern General Hospital, Fawcet Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 17 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Hampshire, England Milton Cemetery (Plot H, Row 19, Grave No. 11), Hampshire INSCRIPTION HIS DUTY DONE GOD CALLED HIM HOME , Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killingworth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1912, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1912, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1912, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 30 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1912, 17th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Corporal Craig was wounded in action on 3rd October, 1918. He was invalided to England with SW to thigh (fractured femur), chest, left arm & hand. Corporal John Henry Dickie Craig died at 4.15 am on 17th November, 1918 at 5th Southern General Hospital, Fawcet Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. | |
| 17 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 1912, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1912 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 17th November......
Corporal John Henry Dickie Craig was born at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1896. He came to Australia when he was 16 years old & enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 11th June, 1915 as a 19 year old Lamplighter from Broadway, Killingworth, via Newcastle, NSW.
Private Craig served at Gallipoli Peninsula from 12th October, 1915 & was admitted to Hospital Ship on 1st December, 1915 with Dysentry. He recovered & arrived in France on 23rd March, 1916.
Private Craig was appointed Lance Corporal on 30th January, 1917. He was promoted to Temporary Corporal on 19th April, 1917 then Corporal on 26th July, 1917.
Corporal Craig was attached to the permanent Staff of 5th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire, England from 6th September, 1917. He proceeded overseas to France & rejoined 17th Battalion on 8th March, 1918.
Corporal Craig was sent to Hospital with Trench Feet on 8th April, 1918. He was invalided to England, recovered & was discharged to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 11th May, 1918. He returned to France & rejoined his Battalion on 10th August, 1918.
Corporal Craig was wounded in action on 3rd October, 1918. He was invalided to England with GSW to thigh, chest, left arm & hand.
Corporal John Henry Dickie Craig died at 4.15 am on 17th November, 1918 at 5th Southern General Hospital, Fawcet Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England from wounds received in action – shrapnel wounds to right thigh & fractured femur & Haemorrhage. He was buried in Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England where 11 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 22 and the son of Andrew Craig and Margaret Clelland Craig, of Killingworth, New South Wales. Wounded in France.
Age on arrival in Australia-16
Address-Broadway, Killingworth, via Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military service-Served in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date-11 June 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/34/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Age at embarkation- 19
He is remembered on the West Kilbride War Memorial.
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