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John CRAIG

Regimental number5672
Place of birthKilmarnock, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinBrother, Robert Craig, Leswalt, Stramaer, Scotland
Previous military serviceEnlisted 28 January 1916 - 2nd Light Horse Regiment 16th Reinforcement; 25th Battalion 15th Reinforcement; taken on strength 25th Battalion 18 December 1916.
Enlistment date17 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFlanders
Age at death29-30
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 10A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Farleigh Mill & District Roll of Honor, Mackay, Queensland.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 2302A John CRAIG for first period of service.

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