MCCRAITH, Francis Patrick
| Service Number: | Q187462 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
| Born: | Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., 18 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 December 1948, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, Q187462 | |
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| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187462, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
| 5 Sep 1940: | Discharged | |
| 5 Sep 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187462, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Francis Patrick McCraith (Service No:Q187462) enlisted in the AIF in WWI on two occasions as a Private (Service No:Q10113) - 1914 with 15th Battalion and 1916 with Mining Coy - and was Discharged as Medically Unfit. In WWII Private McCraith served with No 1 Garrison Battalion from 6 June 1940 to 5 September 1940.
Francis was born in Brisbane, QLD in 1892, youngest of three children of John Batholomew McCraith (b1857 in Tipperary, Ireland) and his first wife Johanna Shelock (b1864 in Tipperary, Ireland). John and Johanna married in 1888 in Brisbane, where they settled and raised their family. John worked as a Poultry Farmer and, following Johanna's death in 1894, John remarried - he was a Milk Vendor and Poultry Farmer in Brisbane.
Francis worked in Brisbane and Longreach as a Labourer, and in 1918 worked as a Maintenance Man in Thargomindah. In 1919 in Brisbane, Francis married Violet May Michie (nee Cherry; b1892 in Warwick, QLD) - Violet was a Widow. Francis and Violet lived in Brisbane (where Francis worked as a Labourer and Watchman), in Bundaberg (where Francis was a Wardsman), and by the late 1920s had settled in Brisbane. Francis worked as a Wharf Labourer, Railway Employee and Lift Driver before his death in 1948. Violet died in 1963.