Delwyn Harold Craig

Forenames

Delwyn Harold AWMM

Surname

Craig AWMM

Service number

WWI 17623 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Christian

Public - Lachlan - Other relative - 30 September 2024 - Born into a Baptist-Christian family. Sourced from Family autobiography

Date of birth

18th January 1895

Public - Nathaniel - Other relative - 24 April 2024 - Military Personnel File

Place of birth

Sydney, Australia

Public - Nathaniel - Other relative - 24 April 2024 - Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

14 Wilton Street Grey Lynn, Auckland

Public - Nathaniel - Other relative - 24 April 2024 - Military Personnel File

Next of kin

C.J. Craig (father), 14 Wilton Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 17623 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, 6th (Howitzer) Battery AWMM

• Delwyn Craig was the con of Charles J. and Mary Craig, of Auckland, New Zealand.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr C. J. Craig, Grey Lynn, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Delwyn Craig was the son of Charles J. and Mary Craig, of Auckland, New Zealand
  Public - Nathaniel - Other relative - 17 May 2022 - Family documents

Death

18 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, Somme, France AWMM III. D. 8. AWMM

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/R21898533
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/615852/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/615852
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 18
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.