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CRAIES, William Alexander

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	20 March 1915
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1886
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk - Burns Philp & Co Ltd
Died:	GSW abdomen, France, 25 April 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery X. E. 9.
Memorials:	Townsville Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 25th Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Major, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Major, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion, HT Argyllshire, Suez for return to Australia for disciplinary reasons - arriving Melbourne 30 March 1916.
15 Apr 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion
1 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Honorary Major
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement Major, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1918-04-25
28 May 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For good work during period 22 September 1917 to 24 February 1918.

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