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Alexander Campbell Craig

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Portrait of A. C. Craig. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, v.7, n.2. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of A. C. Craig. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, v.7, n.2. Image has no known copyr …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Campbell AWMM
  • Surname
    Craig AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Aleck AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 July 1897 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 May 1918 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Sep 1917 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Alexander Campbell Craig was the second son of the late Joseph James Craig and of Jessie Craig, of 67 Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland. His brother James Campbell Craig (12/3233) served with the NZ and British forces during WW1.

    Attended Auckland Grammar School

    Attended the Kohimarama Flying School training as a pilot and after graduating embarked for England to join the Royal Flying Corps

    He was still undergoing training when the war ceased

    Awaiting discharge and on leave from pilot training with the RAF, he lost his life whilst climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland where he lost his footing and fell down a slope.

    A full military service was held the mourners included South African's; local soldiers at home on leave; officers from the Lochiel Auxiliary Hospital; and about 20 VAD nurses

    Portrait in Auckland Grammar School Magazine. 1919. Listed on the Nominal Roll as Royal Flying Corps Cadet but Aleck set sail during April 1918 and the ship had to return to port for repairs so set off during May 1918 for Great Britain and from 1 April 1918 the Royal Air Force had formed. Commissioned Second Lieutenant 15 February 1919. Father's name incorrectly recorded on CWGC (2010) as James Joseph Craig AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    9 February 1919 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Scotland, United Kingdom AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kilmallie Old Churchyard, Inverness shire, Scotland AWMM Extn. E. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1919. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Family memorial, Kilmallie Old Churchyard, near Corpach, Inverness shire AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
      Correspondence AWMM
    • Studholme, J. (1928). New Zealand Expeditionary Force record of personal services during the war of officers, nurses, and first-class warrant officers, and other facts relating to the N.Z.E.F. : unofficial but based on official records. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      81: 28 AWMM
    • Scottish Legion News AWMM
      Remembrance. (2009, October/ November). Scottish Legion News (SLN). Issue 24, p. 3. short piece AWMM
    • Western Front Association, the Scottish Branches Newsletter AWMM
      Anderson, P. 2nd Lieutenant Alexander (Aleck) Campbell Craig, NZEF & RAF. (2009, March). Behind the Parapet:(Western Front Association, the Scottish Branches Newsletter). p.4-5 AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
      Oban Times. 15 February 1919; 22 February 1919 AWMM
    • RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM
      At rest in his ancestral land. (2009, March). RSA review. p. 19 AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
      Scots Magazine (2009, February). p. 216 AWMM
    • Central Leader AWMM
      Searching for airman's family. (2008, 14 August). Central Leader. p. 9 AWMM
    • Central Leader AWMM
      Kiwi airman's relatives sought. (2008, May). Central Leader. p. 13 AWMM
    • Rudge, C. (2003). Air-to-air : the story behind the air-to-air combat claims of the RNZAF. Lyttelton, N.Z.: Adventure Air. AWMM
      Lest we forget young soldier. (2008, May 28). p. 2 AWMM
    • RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM
      More and more attend Arbroath's ANZAC Day. (2009, May). RSA Review. p. 15 AWMM
    • The Scottish genealogist AWMM
      Anderson, P. (2010, March). The Story behind the stone: fatality on Ben Nevis, 1919: 2nd Lieutenant Campbell Craig, NZEF & RAF. The Scottish genealogist. Vol. LVii No. 1 p. 23-27 AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1919, Third term. p.9. AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1919. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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