Arthur Wilmot Napier CRAIG

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CRAIG, Arthur Wilmot Napier

Service Number:	45
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1877
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Miles, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1912, aged 34 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 45, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 45, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
20 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 45, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 74, notes remained in South Africa awaiting passage to England when 5th QIB returned to Australia. His discharge is recorded as 20 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Arthur Wilmot Napier Craig enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. M. Butterworth, c/- L. G. Craig, Swan Hotel, Rockhampton.

Arthur Wilmot Napier Craig was born on 10 Jun 1877 in Queensland, a son to George Cathcart Craig and Miranda Craig (nee Melton). His father, a journalist originally from Scotland, separated from his mother in 1886 when Arthur was still a child. His mother Miranda later married Frederick William Butterworth.

Arthur appeared to be working as a cook when he passed in 1912 at Miles, Queensland, as advertised in newspapers by the Public Curator as administrator of his estate.

(souce- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 494; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 1 p. 74).

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