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George Donald Ross CRAIG

Regimental number5354
Place of birthSydney
SchoolFort Street School, Sydney, NSW
Other trainingHawkesbury Agricultural College
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStudent
AddressC/o Bowes And Craig Equitable Buildings, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, W Craig, C/o Bowes And Craig Equitable Buildings, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 July 1918
Place of death or woundingCorbie, Somme, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 9), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Janet CRAIG
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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