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John Henry Dickie CRAIG

Regimental number1912
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolPublic School, Glasgow, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLamp-lighter
AddressBroadway, Killingworth via Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, A Craig, Broadway, Killingworth via Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date11 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in England.
FateDied of wounds 17 November 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialMilton Cemetery (Plot H, Row 19, Grave No. 11), Hampshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Margaret CRAIG, Killingworth, New South Wales

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