CRAIG, Jack Basil
| Service Numbers: | 2038, 264148 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HQ Directorate of Personnel Services (RAAF) |
| Born: | Dunedin, New Zealand, 22 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Zercho's College, Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Natural causes (aneurysm), Ashfield, New South Wales, 15 April 1981, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2038, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 2nd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 14th Field Ambulance |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 264148, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 15 Sep 1946: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 264148, RAAF Headquarters Defence Publishing Services , Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
| 16 Sep 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 264148, HQ Directorate of Personnel Services (RAAF) |
Grand-dad
25 Apr 2015: If my grandfather had not survived the landing at Gallipoli 100 years ago today, I would not be here to help tell his story.
John, aka Jack, Craig was my “father” for a time, and that, I think, is why I survived the trauma of my parent’s separation. He was a peace-loving man, an environmentalist and early nutritionist, a home gardener and inventor, and he cared for others, especially the “battlers” and new arrivals who sought a future in Australia, as he had.
Jack Craig stayed as a stretcher bearer until the Evacuation of Gallipoli with the 2nd and 14th Field Ambulance through Europe, and enlisted in the Air Force in WWII. This tribute is dedicated to the 15 direct descendants of this wonderful man, and his wider family, and to all who choose peace over conflict, just as he did.
More about Jack is still to be written...
Submitted 22 October 2015 by Michael Craig Scott
Biography
(25 Apr 2015)
"If my grandfather had not survived the landing at Gallipoli 100 years ago today, I would not be here to help tell his story.
John, aka Jack, Craig was my "father" for a time, and that, I think, is why I survived the trauma of my parent’s separation. He was a peace-loving man, an environmentalist and early nutritionist, a home gardener and inventor, and he cared for others, especially the "battlers" and new arrivals who sought a future in Australia, as he had.
Jack Craig stayed as a stretcher bearer until the Evacuation of Gallipoli, he served with the 2nd and 14th Field Ambulance throughout the Western Front, and then enlisted for service again in WW2 in the Royal Australian Air Force.
This tribute is dedicated to the 15 direct descendants of this wonderful man, and his wider family, and to all who choose peace over conflict, just as he did.
More about Jack is still to be written..." - Submitted by Michael Craig Scott
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