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CREAGH, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 77, 77A, 1388 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Clearing Hospital |
Born: | Derby, England, 27 February 1880 |
Home Town: | Smithton, Circular Head, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Auctioneer/Jeweller/Canvasser |
Died: | Natural causes (heart failure), Lidcombe, New South Wales, 13 January 1962, aged 81 years |
Cemetery: |
Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW Inscription Id 49099, Interred 19 Jan 1962, Row N, Plot 27 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 2nd Field Ambulance, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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21 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 77A, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
22 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 77A, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: Attached from Australian Medical Corps | |
22 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 77A, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
19 Oct 1914: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF) | |
9 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital | |
5 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1388, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
5 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1388, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1388, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
24 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1388, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, Medically unfit |
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