John Eric Craig

Forenames

John Eric AWMM

Surname

Craig AWMM

Service number

WWI 38494 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

10th September 1895

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Place of birth

Gisborne NZ

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Birth notes

Son of John Eric & Frances Eliza CRAIG

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Next of kin

J.E. Craig (father), Post-office, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 38494 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

John Craig was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Craig, of Whangarei, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr J. E. Craig, Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. P. 26. AWMM

Obituary

Mrs A. J Hill, Queen Street, Te Hapara, received the sad news to day of the death .of her nephew, Private J E (Eric) Craig, from wounds received in France. He was 22 years of age, being the youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Craig, of Whangarei, formerly of Manutuke, Gisborne. Deceased was well known throughout the district and was educated at the Gisborne High School, afterwards taking up farming in Whangarei. He left Auckland with the 21st Reinforcements

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21898570
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/203255/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/203255
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 32
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].