Charles Volney CRAIG

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Service Number:	3128
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windorah, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1894
Home Town:	Braidwood, New South Wales
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	not officially disclosed /severely gassed at Villers Bretonneux 24 April 1918 , Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1920, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Braidwood Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Braidwood Public School Roll of Honour, Braidwood War Memorial

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11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3128, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3128, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3128, 55th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, severely gassed at Bretonneux on 24 April 1918 was discharged medically unfit 18 May 1919 died 27NOV1920 Despite written pleas from his parents received no support from dept of defence

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